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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Activists plead release of Syria drivers
2005-01-10
Syrian right activists pleaded Monday with the U.S. military to release 300 Syrian truck drivers held on the border with Iraq for several days.
Wow, what a suprise! Who knew they had rights in Syria?
Lawyer Anwar Bunni, spokesman for Syrian human rights watchdog groups, said in a statement U.S. forces have kept 300 Syrian drivers under "harsh climate conditions" at the border.
Staked out in the sun on a anthill, I hope.
Bunni urged the Syrian and Iraqi authorities to mediate a release as soon as possible and called on international human rights group to intervene to settle the case. Damascus intervened several times in the past to secure the release of Syrian drivers who were held by U.S. forces on suspicion of involvement in terrorist attacks.
Posted by:Steve

#8  Match each driver with the truck they drove, then inspect every load. When stuff like arms and/or ammo is found, haul up the responsible driver, give him ten lashes, and point him in the direction of Damascus and administer a nice, swift kick in the ass to get him going on his trip home, with a warning never to return, lest he never see the sands of home again.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-01-10 9:27:36 PM  

#7  Lol! What we have here is a clash of civilizations centuries. They've been doing this smuggling shit since before there was hair and now, well, there are these inconvenient non-Arabs who aren't playing the time-honored game. Some people change - and some definitely don't.

Oh, and they've smuggled arms & such in those olive oil and date shipments across all those centuries, as well.
Posted by: .com   2005-01-10 6:07:37 PM  

#6  "Yes, effendi. Dates. Pineapples. Cluster, er...grapes. All in plastique cartons. Papers, effendi? Yes, yes. I just picked them up from my Pakistani...um, business partner."
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-01-10 6:05:54 PM  

#5  Three hundred trucks tried to sneak dates and olive oil across the Iraqi border without the proper paperwork? Who knew smuggling groceries was so profitable?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-10 5:47:11 PM  

#4  So they are called Drivers now?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2005-01-10 5:43:11 PM  

#3  Ed, they turned right instead and ended up in "Truth or Consequences."
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-01-10 4:30:26 PM  

#2  Confiscate the trucks. Tell the drivers to walk home.

"Damascus is thataway, bub..."
Posted by: mojo   2005-01-10 4:29:02 PM  

#1  Shoulda turned left at Al-Bequrqi.
Posted by: ed   2005-01-10 4:26:49 PM  

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