Syria, Libya (and Beyond) Liveblog: Homs Under Siege
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 8:43 | James Miller in EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 1939 GMT: More video claiming to show protests in Al Kiswah, Syria:
1929 GMT: Imad Moustapha, the Syrian ambassador to the UN, spoke with NPR today. (Audio will be available here after 6 PM ET). NPR's Andy Carvin gives us a rolling a transcript, with commentary, including a back and forth with EA's James Miller and Foreign Policy's Blake Hounshell, via Twitter:
Syrian ambassador to US: "Extreme fundamentalist Muslims are waging a war of insurgency" against
Syria ambassador: We've allowed reporters into Syria "time and again." Hmm.
Syrian ambassador on Syrians: "What unites us is far more than what divides us apart."
Syrian amb to man who says brother was killed. "This is unfortunate and I don't want to spend my time discussing preposterous stories."
Syrian man not buying it; he argues back. Ambassador ignores comments, complains media gives license to false stories.