"... Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a rare interview broadcast Wednesday that he never ordered the brutal suppression of the uprising in his country and insisted only a "crazy person" would kil his own people Apparently trying to distance himself from violence that the U.N. says has killed 4,000 people since March, Assad laughed off a question about whether he feels any guilt."I did my best to protect the people," he told ABC's Barbara Walters during an interview at the presidential palace in the Syrian capital, Damascus. "You feel sorry for the life that has..."
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
12/7/11 SYRIAN PRES, ASSAD, DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY 4 DEATH OF 4000 SYRIANS SINCE MARCH
