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Page 01 Nov 09.Indd ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Friday 9 November 2012 24 Dhul-Hijja 1433 - Volume 17 Number 5513 Price: QR2 The Oil & Gas Hanoi to host Year Qatar 2012 2019 Asian honours Al Sada Games Business | 13 Sport | 19 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Assad rejects Close ranks, PM urges Syrian rebels exile, vows to Opposition groups optimistic on reaching deal; 41-member General Secretariat elected ‘live and die’ DOHA: Syrian opposition challenges facing your country factions were ensconced in a and people. These are sensitive in Syria closed-door meeting with Arab times for Syria,” said the Prime and Western diplomats at the Minister at the closed-door meet- DAMASCUS: A defiant Presi- Doha Sheraton here until the ing which was also attended by dent Bashar Al Assad yesterday time of going to the press late foreign ministers of several coun- rejected calls that he seek a safe last night and it is expected tries such as Turkey, Egypt and exit, vowing he will “live in Syria that an announcement might UAE, among others. and die in Syria” and warning be made at its conclusion about Syrians from a broad spec- that the world cannot afford the the formation of a provisional trum of opposition to President cost of a foreign intervention. Syrian government in exile. Bashar Al Assad seemed close “I am not a puppet. I was not Qatar which heads the Arab to reaching agreement on a uni- made by the West to go to the League Committee of Syria and fied political structure that world West or to any other country,” which is hosting this meeting is powers will accept as credible and Assad said in English in an inter- represented by H E Dr Khalid bin representative. view with Russian state-backed Mohamed Al Attiyah, Minister of “We are moving towards agree- Russia Today (RT) television. “I State for Foreign Affairs. ment,” said Burhan Ghalioun, am Syrian, I was made in Syria, This is the last session of the former chief of the main opposi- I have to live in Syria and die in marathon meeting of the Syrian tion SNC hours after the meeting Syria,” he said, according to tran- opposition factions that actually started. scripts posted on RT’s website. began here last Sunday under the Any agreement on unifying On Tuesday, British Prime umbrella of the Syrian National opposition ranks “could boost Minister David Cameron floated the Congress (SNC), Aljazeera.net the uprising” as it will enable idea of granting Assad safe passage reported yesterday. the opposition later to unite the from the country, saying it “could be Earlier in the day, the Prime different military groups bat- arranged,” although he wanted him Minister and Foreign Minister, tling regime troops, he added. to face international justice. H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Prominent dissident Riad Seif, The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani with Arab League Assad also warned against a bin Jabor Al Thani, who heads the who had proposed a Western- Secretary-General Nabil Al Arabi in Doha yesterday. foreign intervention in Syria’s Arab League Committee on Syria, backed initiative to unite the escalating conflict, saying such presided over a meeting of the opposition and form a transi- a move would have global conse- Syrian opposition factions under tional government, shared the to us to finally come up with a by Foreign Minister Ahmet to include four more members quences and shake regional stabil- the umbrella of the SNC. optimism. “We are very opti- project we could discuss,” said Davutoglu while a leading dissi- in its secretariat to represent ity. “We are the last stronghold He urged the Syrian opposi- mistic” an agreement can be one participant, requesting ano- dent, former premier Riad Hijab minority groups and women. of secularism and stability in the tion groups to close their ranks in reached “tonight or tomorrow,” nymity. He said the organisers who defected in August, is also The SNC, according to region... it will have a domino these times of national crisis and Seif told reporters. had prepared a summary of all attending. Aljazeera.net, yesterday refused effect that will affect the world rise to the occasion in the inter- The opposition is moving the initiatives to be discussed. The SNC has earlier broadened to accept any umbrella of Syrian from the Atlantic to the Pacific,” est of their people. “You have a towards creating “a political The project submitted proposes its base and chosen a 41-member opposition other than itself if the the transcript said. Assad added: historic responsibility on your leadership that would satisfy the “forming a 10-member transition General Secretariat. The new key initiative of forming a provi- “The price of this invasion, if it shoulders and that should make Syrians and be recognised by government and a military coun- General-Secretariat has 18 new sional government in exile is to happens, is going to be big, more you united,” the Premier told the international community,” cil,” he said. members and the Secretariat is succeed. than the whole world can afford.” SNC members in the presence he said, adding that there were Representatives from a number expected to pick a 12-member The SNC has also refused to Many in Syria’s opposition, have of Nabil Al Arabi, Secretary- “big chances” the initiative would of countries, including the United Executive Committee today. accept Riad Seif’s proposal that urged the international community General of the Arab League. “succeed.” States, Britain, France, and But the new General the total membership of the to intervene to stop escalating The Arab League Committee Washington wants the opposi- Germany, are attending the meet- Secretariat was criticised for not General Secretariat be expanded bloodshed. The Syrian Observatory on Syria, which the PM heads, has tion to reshape into a widely rep- ing alongside Arab League chief giving representation to several to 60 with only 24 of them repre- for Human Rights said at least been set up to see an amicable end resentative government-in-exile. and Gulf Cooperation Council groups and not including some senting the SNC. 86 people were killed yesterday, to the crisis in the country. “The organisers were inspired Secretary General Abdullatif Al prominent opposition figures. So THE PENINSULA/AFP including 38 soldiers. AFP “United you should face the by all the initiatives presented Zayani. Turkey is represented it has been agreed to by the SNC See also page 4 See also page 4 OPINION Iranian fighter jets fired on US drone Arab Spring in in Gulf: Pentagon Gulf region WASHINGTON: Iranian fighter jets fired on an unarmed HE Gulf region has relatively US drone in the Gulf last week been an oasis of peace amidst and missed, the Pentagon said the chaos and instability that yesterday, warning that the the Arab Spring uprisings Khalid Al Sayed T EDITOR-IN-CHIEF United States stood ready to have unleashed throughout the Middle protect its forces in the region. East. With the exception of Bahrain and “They intercepted the air- Oman, protests and conflicts have been scarce in the Gulf since craft and fired multiple rounds,” the revolutions started almost two years ago in Tunisia. However, spokesman George Little told a the peace has been under threat in recent months with the latest news conference. The US military events unfolding in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. plane was “never in Iranian air Last week, Kuwait was rocked by a series of protests which space” and came under fire on turned violent. On Thursday, demonstrators marched to the November 1 from SU-25 fighters country’s Central Prison to demand the release of former par- off the Iranian coast over inter- liament member Musallam Al Barrak after he was arrested national waters, he said. over a speech he made during a protest rally in which he The robotic plane was conduct- criticised the Kuwaiti Emir. Barrak was eventually released ing “routine surveillance” and the on bail of 10,000 Kuwaiti dinars ($35,574). However, this did Palestinian children play football in front of the controversial Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of United States has told Iran it has not deter activists and youth groups from organising another Abu Dis, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, yesterday. no plans to suspend the flights, he protest under the banner of “Dignity of the country 2” last said. “The United States has com- Sunday despite a ban on public gatherings of more than 20 peo- municated to the Iranians that we ple. The government had imposed the ban after recent clashes will continue to conduct surveil- between police and protesters during a demonstration against Palestinians unveil UN membership resolution lance flights over international changes in the 2006 electoral law which the Emir enforced waters over the Arabian Gulf con- with Cabinet approval. Around 2,000 people participated in UNITED NATIONS: Pales- resolution saying it would be at the General Assembly. sistent with long-standing practice the rally that was dispersed by the security forces with teargas tinian envoys yesterday unveiled put to the 193 member UN The Palestinian application and our commitment to the secu- and stun grenades. the resolution they hope will give General Assembly “at a date to is certain to be passed at the rity of the region,” he said. Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, protests by Shias have also esca- them observer membership of be announced in the near future”. General Assembly but the ques- In a warning to Tehran, Little lated, especially in the eastern province of Qatif, which has the United Nations but held back The resolution would call on the tion would be how big a major- said the United States was pre- resulted in the death of 14 civilians and two police officers since from setting a date for a vote.
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