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I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.

Bashar al-Assad

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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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President Of Syria
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To have opposition ? We have it, and you can go and meet with them. We have some of them within the government, we have some of them outside the government. They are opposition. We have it.
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