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How to “Democratize” SyriaEssay by Ford PrefectSept. 2007 Why aren’t Syrians taking to the streets by the millions demanding freedom, justice and democracy? Why does the Middle East seem so resistant to modernity and liberty? Why are the Syrian people so complacent and unable to produce a viable and organized opposition to the current government [...]
How to “Democratize” SyriaEssay by Ford PrefectSept. 2007 Why aren’t Syrians taking to the streets by the millions demanding freedom, justice and democracy? Why does the Middle East seem so resistant to modernity and liberty? Why are the Syrian people so complacent and unable to produce a viable and organized opposition to the current government [...]
idaf sends this link below to the news that Abu al-Qaqa' has been shot and killed. The best story to appear on Abu al-Qaqaa was written by the supurb Iraqi journalist, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who tells the amazing story of one Syrian jihadi, who came out of Qaqaa's mosque, From here to eternity, Wednesday June 8, [...]
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT25 Sep 2007 (T12:19), COUNTRY VIEW OVERVIEW: The president, Bashar al-Assad, is expected to remain in power in 2008-09. However, he will continue to rely on the strength and ruthlessness of the loyal security services, which will keep opposition forces weak and ineffective. Mr Assad has devoted considerable effort to ending [...]
Why Did Israel Attack Syria?By Jonathan Cook, 09/27/07, "ICH" Nazareth — Israel's air strike on northern Syria earlier this month should be understood in the context of events unfolding since its assault last summer on neighboring Lebanon. From the leaks so far, it seems that more than half a dozen Israeli warplanes violated Syrian airspace [...]
Israeli air strike did not hit nuclear facility, intelligence officials say, 09/24/2007Filed by Larisa Alexandrovna, Raw Story Attack said spawned from chemical weapons disaster Israel did not strike a nuclear weapons facility in Syria on Sept. 6, instead striking a cache of North Korean missiles, current and former intelligence officials say. American intelligence sources familiar [...]
Ian Black Middle East editor, 25 September 2007, The Guardian Syria is expected to rebuff an invitation from the US to attend a grand Middle East peace conference later this year because it does not believe that either the Bush administration or Israel wants to reach a comprehensive regional settlement. President Bashar al-Assad has made [...]
JUDGING ISRAEL'S ALLEGED STRIKE IN SYRIA By Gershom Gorenberg, The American Prospect, September 20, 2007 …. When it comes to U.S. intelligence experts talking about weapons of mass destruction and Syria, I become more seriously agnostic. It's certainly conceivable that Assad wants nuclear weapons, and would get help from North Korea. The news from Lebanon [...]
Few seem to be enthusiastic about Rice's Peace Powwow. Washington plans to invite Syria (Ar) and in English to the Middle East conference. Th six countries invited are KSA, JR, EG, SY, LEB, and Qatar, as well as the Palestinian Authority – or Palestinian National Authority, as it calls itself. The Reuters story and most [...]
"If this story is true," a Syrian friend of mine just told me, "Asad should fire his top generals, instantly." Snatched: Israeli commandos ‘nuclear’ raidUzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv, Sarah Baxter, Washington, and Michael Sheridan September 23, 2007Times of London ISRAELI commandos from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit – almost certainly dressed in Syrian uniforms – [...]
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