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Secretary Clinton urges new pressure on Syria's allies

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    Will third 'Friends of Syria' meeting produce results?

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Overseas now a top general in the the regime of Syria's president has defected from Syria just as secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

Meeting with the French president there in Paris today along with other world diplomats issuing their strongest threats yet.

Against the use Assad regime -- that it is live in Jerusalem so.

-- and how is this friends of Syria meeting different from other meetings that have taken place.

What's most significant here is that not only -- secretary of state Clinton attacking president Assad in Syria.

But -- now starting to go directly after -- -- allies that being China.

Russia and our raw and that's -- pretty unusual in diplomatic circles especially.

The secretary's very harsh language China and Russia have been protecting Syria.

At the United Nations that stopping the United States and its allies.

Once to end debate now.

Put sport a UN resolution offering even.

More sanctions against Syria for what's going on there we also got word that general -- knocked the lots of that.

Republican guard -- Syria -- which is very significant he comes.

From a family which is so close to -- -- -- regime which has enjoyed such loyalty over the past eighteen months.

This uprising but we're now learning a little bit more.

About the opposition in how fragmented they are the problem is -- Yet these people who are defecting but there's nobody for them to -- and there's no -- -- organization for them to go to -- it's difficult also out of this meeting.

Figuring out who did the -- these allies when he did to give it to.

Back to you we'll watch those developments Leland that it injury.