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JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): And now to Syria and a presidential disclaimer amid more violence.
After nine months, the uprising against the Syrian government grinds on, deadlier by the day. But, today, in an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied there was any popular unrest. At the same time, he insisted he's had no role in the ongoing military crackdown.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD, president of Syria: They are not my forces. They are military forces belonging to the government.
COMMENT: What!? Say again? Talk about a rationalization, a delusional one at that.
OH! I see, the Presidency of Syria is just a figure-head position! So who really runs the country? ("Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" Wizard of Oz)
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