Cameron offers Assad "safe exit" as violence rages

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-07/cameron-offers-assad-safe-exit-as-violence-rages/4357780

Bombings, clashes and air strikes shook Syria overnight as British prime minister David Cameron offered a safe passage to president Bashar al-Assad if it meant ending the bloodshed.

In the latest wave of attacks, opposition activists said a car bomb exploded near a Mosque in the Sunni area of southern Damascus, killing and wounding dozens of people.

They said the attack occurred hours after a bombing in a neighbourhood populated by members of Mr Assad’s minority Alawite sect.

That bombing killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens more, according to state media.

The latest bomb, placed in a parked taxi, went off near a mosque in the southern, working-class neighbourhood of al-Qadam.

Buildings were damaged and bodies were buried under debris that filled streets in the area, the activists said.

As fighting elsewhere claimed more lives, Mr Cameron told Al-Arabiya television he wanted Mr Assad to be held to account for his crimes but that his departure could be arranged.

Asked what he would say if Assad asked for a safe exit, Mr Cameron told the UAE-based channel: “Done. Anything, anything to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in Syria.

“Of course, I would favour him facing the full force of international law and justice for what he’s done,” added Mr Cameron, who is on a tour of the Middle East.

“I am certainly not offering him an exit plan to Britain but if wants to leave, he could leave.

“That could be arranged.”

Mr Cameron highlighted the need to help the opposition, without elaborating how.

“We must ask ourselves what more can we do: how can we help the opposition?” he said.

“How can we put the pressure on Assad? How can we work with partners in the region to turn this around?”

But when asked about arming the rebels, he said: “We are not currently planning to do that.

“We are a government under international law and we obey the law.

“My fear is, firstly, that the slaughter will continue, that the loss of life will continue.

“That should be our number one concern.”

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dont fall for it..safe passage like Qaddafi was promised eh?

who gave Cameron the authority to declare that?

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