敘利亞總統說沒有下令對平民開槍
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says no orders were given for government security forces to fire on civilians and he blamed a "foreign conspiracy" for the 10 month old anti-government uprising in his country. In a 100-minute speech Tuesday in the capital, Damascus, Mr. Assad said restoring security in Syria is a priority, and can be achieved by responding to "terrorists" with an "iron fist." He praised the work of the security Syrian government has accused "armed terrorists" of driving the revolt against Mr. Assad's 11-year autocratic rule. The embattled president said Tuesday he will only leave his position at the will of the people.
Mr. Assad promised to let Syrians vote on a new constitution in a March referendum with parliamentary elections to follow. He also said he will not rule out any Arab solution to the crisis in Syria, as long as it respects the country's sovereignty. Mr. Assad accused international media of working against Syria and also criticized the Arab League, which suspended Syria's membership in November. The speech comes as a team of Arab League monitors continues its mission to observe Syria's compliance with a plan to end violence against anti-government protesters.敘利亞總統阿薩德說，沒有給政府安全部隊下令對平民開槍。阿薩德把敘利亞長達10個月的反政府動亂歸咎於一個“外國陰謀”。阿薩德星期二在首都大馬士革發表了100分鐘的講話，他說，在敘利亞恢復安全是當務之急，爲達到這一目的可以用“鐵拳”迴應“恐怖分子”。阿薩德讚揚了安全部隊的工作。敘利亞政府指責 “恐怖主義武裝分子”推動了這次反對阿薩德11年獨裁統治的起義。這名四面受敵的總統星期二還說，他只有在人民要求他離職時纔會離職。
阿薩德承諾，會讓敘利亞民衆在3月的一次全民公決中投票決定新憲法，隨後舉行議會選舉。阿薩德還說，他不會排除用阿拉伯國家聯盟的方式解決敘利亞危機，只要敘利亞的主權得到尊重。阿薩德指責國際媒體對敘利亞造成負面影響，他還批評了阿拉伯國家聯盟。阿盟去年11月中止了敘利亞的成員國資格。阿薩德發表講話之際，阿拉伯國家聯盟的觀察員團隊繼續在敘利亞執行任務，觀察敘利亞是否遵從結束幾個月以來對反政府抗議者使用暴力的方案。
