(Los Angeles Times) Jeffrey Fleishman - In an address to the nation, Syrian President Bashar Assad vowed to crush a 10-month-old popular revolt and raged at what he regards as the Arab League's betrayal of Damascus. "What Assad said about other Arab countries today puts an end to any patience or second chances Arab nations will give him," said Nabil Abdel Fattah, an analyst at Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo. "It's an open game now and Arab countries wanting to see an end to Assad's regime won't be hiding it anymore."
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