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U.S. President Barack Obama says Assad's
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US President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic
fundraiser at ABC Kitchen in New York on March 1,
2012
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March 2, 2012
WASHINGTON, — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's
"days are numbered," President Barack Obama said in
an interview published Friday, adding Washington was
working to accelerate the transition to democracy
there.
In the interview with the Atlantic Monthly, Obama
said "it is our estimation that (Assad's) days are
numbered. It's a matter not of if but when."
"Now, can we accelerate that? We're working with the
world community to try to do that," he said.
Obama acknowledged that Syria is bigger, more
sophisticated and more complicated than Libya, and
that countries like Russia are blocking UN action.
However, he pointed to US efforts through the
"Friends of Syria" group to promote humanitarian
relief to cities under attack from Syrian forces.
"But they can also accelerate a transition to a
peaceful and stable and representative Syrian
government," he said. "If that happens, that will be
a profound loss for Iran."
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