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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Sat Feb 23, 2013, 10:02 AM Feb 2013

Syria conflict: opposition SNC pulls out of talks

Source: BBC News

The opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has pulled out of a series of international meetings in protest at what it said was the "shameful" failure to stop violence.

The SNC said it had decided not to attend a meeting of the Friends of Syria Grouping in Rome next month.

It was also turning down invitations for talks in Washington and Moscow.

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"The international silence on the crimes committed every day against our people amounts to participating in two years of killings," the SNC said.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21558225

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Syria conflict: opposition SNC pulls out of talks (Original Post) dipsydoodle Feb 2013 OP
The SNC is upset because the violence wasn't actually increased. leveymg Feb 2013 #1

leveymg

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1. The SNC is upset because the violence wasn't actually increased.
Sat Feb 23, 2013, 10:23 AM
Feb 2013

Gotta love the spin that the Beeb put on this.

The opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has pulled out of a series of international meetings in protest at what it said was the "shameful" failure to stop violence.

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