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October 23, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/22/syria-spread-conflict-lebanon-survival

Is Syria's Regime Spreading Turbulence as a Survival Tactic?

(Guardian-UK) Simon Tisdall - The assassination of the Lebanese intelligence chief, General Wissam al-Hassan, has stoked fears that the Syrian regime is deliberately trying to "internationalize" the civil war as a means of ensuring its survival. President Bashar al-Assad is effectively raising the price that hostile neighboring countries and the major powers must pay for his overthrow. The Syrian regime has already impressed on Turkey how big a price Ankara may have to pay after Syrian army units shelled a town inside Turkey, killing five civilians, which was followed by days of artillery exchanges.

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