(AP) Zeina Karam - On Friday, Syria's opposition coalition criticized the Assad government for not defending the country against the Israeli air raid, saying the Syrian army is too busy shelling civilian areas in Syria. The opposition group promised the Syrian people it would use political and diplomatic means to halt such attacks and said it would establish a "deterrent force" to guard against any such future attacks. Many among the opposition leaders are Syrian and Arab nationalists fiercely opposed to Israel. The umbrella group is dominated by members of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, which is known for its enmity to Israel. Kamal Labwani, a prominent Syrian dissident and member of the Syrian National Coalition, said that "unlike Assad, we know who the real enemy is....The first thing we would do is ask UN peacekeepers on the Golan to leave, and we will free occupied Syrian territory."
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