As the civilian death toll of the Syrian protests surpassed the 2,000 mark, the Obama administration finally decided to tell Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down according to unnamed U.S. officials, who indicated the U.S. planned on delivering its tough message this coming Thursday. [Click here to see the latest images from Syria] Meanwhile, Damascus is also being isolated by its own Arab brethren. Saudi Arabia and the Arab League, now seeing Syria as a liability, came forward to denounce the violence yesterday. A Western diplomat, however, reported that this criticism came to fruition because of U.S. and British behind-the-scenes pressure, both figuring that public reproaches from…
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