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Source: http://arabnews.com/opinion/columns/article601509.ece
Assad's New Scam
(Arab News-Saudi Arabia) Tariq Alhomayed - Russia wasted no time congratulating the Assad regime's acceptance of Kofi Annan's six-point proposal on Syria, while the Arab ministers taking part in the summit in Baghdad also seized the opportunity to welcome this step, while also rejecting foreign intervention. But Assad will not implement this plan. Indeed, it would be extremely difficult for Assad to execute this plan because it would result in his ouster. The legitimacy of dictatorial regimes is based on force and intimidation. They govern on the basis of divide and rule, not convergence or bringing people together around them. Assad accepted this plan because he understood the message that Moscow was sending him when it stated that Annan's mission was his last chance; therefore, the drowning Assad grabbed the Russian life preserver to buy more time.