Syrian government has killed 2,000 during protests, says Clinton
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The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said the Syrian government has killed more than 2,000 people in its attempts to crush the protests against it and has lost all legitimacy.
She told a press conference that the US was extending sanctions, including against a prominent businessman and MP it said had close ties to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad and his brother, and believed that and moves such as a statement from the UN security council on Wednesday condemning the regime could turn the screw.
“We are working around the clock to try to gather up as much international support for strong actions against the Syrian regime as possible. I come from the school that actions speak louder than words,” she told reporters on Thursday.
Clinton said it was time for the international community to match its rhetorical outrage “with actions that will send a very clear message to the Assad regime, the insiders there, that there’s a price to pay for this kind of abuse and attacks on their own people”.
