Assad vows victory, Syria accused of war crimes

[maddezmom]

By Alistair Lyon

BEIRUT | Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:17am EST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Wednesday to vanquish "foreign conspirators" plotting to end his rule, and an Arab League observer quit Syria, accusing the authorities of committing war crimes.

In the latest violence, a Western journalist was among eight people killed in the restive city of Homs, Syria's Addounia television said, adding that 25 people had been wounded.

It said the dead journalist worked for France 2 television and that the wounded one was Dutch.

The death would be the first of a foreign reporter in Syria in 10 months of unrest. Most foreign media were barred from the country for much of that time.

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[bemildred]

1. Where is Baghdad Bob when he is needed?

[David__77]

2. Western nonsense regarding reporters...

The French said: "It is up to the Syrian authorities to guarantee the safety of international journalists on their territory and to protect that basic freedom- the freedom of information."

Syria said before that NO, reporters could not go to Homs because the security situation was not good. Then they allow it because all the "human rights" champions complained about lack of transparency. Now it appears that Syria was right.