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Syria says has pulled most assets from Arab states
[Al Ahram] Syria has withdrawn almost all of its assets from Arab countries, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Monday, a day after the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
 slapped sanctions on Damascus
...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world...
 for its refusal to halt a protest crackdown. "I reassure you that we have withdrawn 95 or 96 per cent of Syrian assets (from Arab countries)," Muallem told a news conference. "We must protect the interests of our people."
A teensy question that must now be niggling at non-Syrian Arab minds, not to mention the rest of us: 95% of what number leaves how many Syrian assets doing what kind of mischief?

Posted by: Fred 2011-11-29
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