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samir is willing to be identified because most of his family is out of syria. his two-week-old son was born in the refugee camp, and he is enraged at assad personally for the pain he has inflicted on the innocent. "bashar al-assad "he says holding up his son. "what did this boy do to you? what right do you have to take him from the home of his grandfather?" and bashar al-assad was supposed to be the reformer, a man much different from this brutal and ruthless father. assad will announce his future plan for syria as early as tomorrow night, but to many syrians, the harsh reality is, he learned from his father too well. russ. >> mitchell: wyatt andrews in turkey, thank you. afghan president hamid karzai confirmed today his government and the u.s. are engaged in peace talks with the taliban. an insurgent attack on a police station inicable later in the day killed nine people. the taliban claimed responsibility for that attack. nato said today its aircraft accidentally hit rebel forces in libya on thursday. a rebel spokesperson says the attack in eastern libya inju
samir is willing to be identified because most of his family is out of syria. his two-week-old son was born in the refugee camp, and he is enraged at assad personally for the pain he has inflicted on the innocent. "bashar al-assad "he says holding up his son. "what did this boy do to you? what right do you have to take him from the home of his grandfather?" and bashar al-assad was supposed to be the reformer, a man much different from this brutal and ruthless father. assad...
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and i spoke with a man named samir, who lived on the turkish side of the boardser for quite a long time. he was waiting to talk to his brother who just fled sira. his brother said the troops are acting like bar bare dwrans -- barbarians. another told us the syrian troops have no regard for human life. so these are the reports we're hearing. we saw them firsthand today. we were standing right across the border. we could see syrian refugee settlements right on the border. and there was a commotion there. we got a call from a few turkish friends who told us that a father and son who had been trying to flee the camp to the turkish side were shot dead. all of these reports are hard to confirm because there are no journalists allowed inside to that site. but this is what we're hearing today. >> talk to me a little about the conditions the refugees are living in right now. >> we got actually full access to the camp yesterday. and too be -- to be honest, the refugees seemed really happy with the conditions. there are neat rows of white tents. there are all sorts of social activities, a volleyba
and i spoke with a man named samir, who lived on the turkish side of the boardser for quite a long time. he was waiting to talk to his brother who just fled sira. his brother said the troops are acting like bar bare dwrans -- barbarians. another told us the syrian troops have no regard for human life. so these are the reports we're hearing. we saw them firsthand today. we were standing right across the border. we could see syrian refugee settlements right on the border. and there was a...
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of some figures of the old regime they composed primarily of figures from your regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has been negotiating this loan was a mubarak appointee a bomb is promising cairo a billion dollars more in loan guarantees and on top of that another billion in debt cancellation while french president nicolas sarkozy has committed the g eight to providing up to ten billion dollars in direct aid it's a commitment the west says it's making to help each actions get back on the feet united states and the west are trying to reduce the damage caused by the revolutions very are. considerable financial contributions gyptian economy and the perfect ways through the i.m.f. which is heavily influenced by the united states for. many many years the i.m.f. has been considered as an orm of american foreign economic policies this regime that is unstable. would could be considered is a waste of money on something that is very shaky what's more it comes with particular strings attached. and that the deal could in fact spell trouble i believe is a major. victory exa
of some figures of the old regime they composed primarily of figures from your regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has been negotiating this loan was a mubarak appointee a bomb is promising cairo a billion dollars more in loan guarantees and on top of that another billion in debt cancellation while french president nicolas sarkozy has committed the g eight to providing up to ten billion dollars in direct aid it's a commitment the west says it's making to help each...
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out of speakers of the old regime that composed primarily of figures from the old regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has been negotiating this loan was a barak appointee and he's reporting back to the supreme council of the armed forces now people who know internal politics will tell you that the the army here especially the higher around is deeply deeply embedded in the local business elites and that's the people you can expect these loans to benefit mostly international finance international banks and small egyptian elite who were doing well out of the previous structural readjustment programs anyhow so a restructuring of the same fun a chair in the house perhaps or so with this money going to the business. here is anyone going to go to rebuilding or the state sector benefits or government programs or is it just going to line the pockets of the fat cats what my my from going from the historical record we have to states just going to line the pockets of the fact cats for example there was actually strong growth in egypt in tunisia for the last decade or so befor
out of speakers of the old regime that composed primarily of figures from the old regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has been negotiating this loan was a barak appointee and he's reporting back to the supreme council of the armed forces now people who know internal politics will tell you that the the army here especially the higher around is deeply deeply embedded in the local business elites and that's the people you can expect these loans to benefit mostly...
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. >> my name is samir. i was baptized presbyterian where'd -- was invented in 1945. i've been here 47 years. i am a syrian artful draft dodger. my prayer is that the brothers and sisters here, arab-americans, will form an american task force for syria, just like we had an american task force for palestine, american task force for lebanon, because syria is a special place like egypt is a special place. all those places over there are special places. and so, with this body here, and with the other bodies that you all belong to, let's form a task force for syria and because ralph nader wrote only the super rich , let's draft ralph nader starting now -- he is going to be here tomorrow. let's draft ralph nader for a peace party in syria and in three years dr. bechard is supposed to be coming up for renewal. maybe we will have an election. we will have a two-party system in syria and we will have ralph nader as president of syria. so the question is for you and usaid, can we have some -- funding for this project? we have an air of peace party in syria where arab-americans
. >> my name is samir. i was baptized presbyterian where'd -- was invented in 1945. i've been here 47 years. i am a syrian artful draft dodger. my prayer is that the brothers and sisters here, arab-americans, will form an american task force for syria, just like we had an american task force for palestine, american task force for lebanon, because syria is a special place like egypt is a special place. all those places over there are special places. and so, with this body here, and with...
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. >> my name is samir. i was baptized presbyterian where'd -- was invented in 1945. i've been here 47 years. i am a syrian artful draft dodger. my prayer is that the brothers and sisters here, arab-americans, will form an american task force for syria, just like we had an american task force for palestine, american task force for lebanon, because syria is a special place like egypt is a special place. all those places over there are special places. and so, with this body here, and with the other bodies that you all belong to, let's form a task force for syria and because ralph nader wrote only the super rich , let's draft ralph nader starting now -- he is going to be here tomorrow. let's draft ralph nader for a peace party in syria and in three years dr. bechard is supposed to be coming up for renewal. maybe we will have an election. we will have a two-party system in syria and we will have ralph nar as president of syria. so the question is for you and usaid, can we have some -- funding for this project? we have an air of peace party in syria where arab-americans wh
. >> my name is samir. i was baptized presbyterian where'd -- was invented in 1945. i've been here 47 years. i am a syrian artful draft dodger. my prayer is that the brothers and sisters here, arab-americans, will form an american task force for syria, just like we had an american task force for palestine, american task force for lebanon, because syria is a special place like egypt is a special place. all those places over there are special places. and so, with this body here, and with...