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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Assad says confident of winning Syria war
2013-02-19
[Pak Daily Times] Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
said he is confident his troops will win the conflict ravaging Syria, as new calls were made on Monday for the International Criminal Court
... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
to launch a probe into war crimes. Assad's comments, published in Leb's pro-Damascus
...The place where Pencilneck hangs his brass hat...
newspaper As-Safir, came as the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
renewed sanctions against Syria while amending them to enable nations to provide more "non-lethal" and technical support to help protect civilians. As-Safir said that Assad had met with unnamed Lebanese politicians in Damascus during which he assured them that Syria's future belonged to his camp. "We are sure we will win, we are reassured by the political and military developments," Assad was quoted as telling the visiting politicians, the Lebanese newspaper said. "We are convinced that the future is ours... Syria has the willpower to defeat the conspiracy," said Assad, according to As-Safir. He said those "loyal" to his regime "represent the absolute majority of Syrians"
Posted by:Fred

#2  The Syrian Rebels repor claim they don't have the weapons to end the war - I could be wrong, but IMO the FSA may actually be hoping that Hezbollah gets rid of Baby Assad [+ Al-Qaeda, etc. foreigners] for them ...???

To wit,

* TOPIX > SYRIAN REBELS THREATEN TO HIT HEZBOLLAH TARGETS IN lEBANON.

* SAME > TENSIONS RISE IN SYRIAN CRISIS BETWEEN FOREIGNERS [Qaeda, Taliban, etal.] AND LOCALS [domestic Rebels e.g. FSA].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-02-19 23:15  

#1  You can make this bet. The bet is Basher Al-Assad to be President of Syria on 1st of July 2013. PaddyPower Link. Odds are 4/5 No, 10/11 Yes. Of course, the bet wasn't "Will Assad end up like Kadaffy?"
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-02-19 09:09  

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