(New York Times) Hassan M. Fattah - Former Syrian vice president Abdel-Halim Khaddam ratcheted up his allegations against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Thursday and said that Assad's rule might not survive the political crisis. In an interview in his home in Paris, Khaddam, 73, recounted how in 2004 he was summoned to Assad's office after Assad had met with Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri. Khaddam said Assad appeared tense and agitated as he recounted what he had said. "'You are working against us!' Assad said he had told Hariri. 'You want to be the boss, but I decide things. And whoever resists will be taken out!'"
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