Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Syrian tycoon warns against Democracy Push! - Anthony Shadid

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DAMASCUS: Syria's ruling elite will fight to the end in a struggle that could cast the Middle East into turmoil and even war, warned Syria's most powerful businessman, a confidant and cousin of the President, Bashar al-Assad.

The comments by Rami Makhlouf, a tycoon who has emerged in the two-month uprising as a magnet for anger at the privilege that power brings, offered a rare insight into the thinking of an opaque government, the prism through which it sees Syria and the way it reaches decisions.

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http://www.smh.com.au/world/syrian-tycoon-warns-against-democracy-push-20110511-1eixu.html

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