| Playing hardball while the opposition either exercises taqfiri beheadings or enjoys the dubious pleasures of being beheaded. |
The memorandum, issued by the Justice Ministry, says the assets had been frozen under a 2012 anti-terrorism law.
| So it was all shipshape and legal. Can't argue with that. |
One diplomat said the opposition negotiators had discovered a few days ago that most of them were on a "terrorism list" of 1,500 activists and rebels opposed to
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
"When (opposition member) Suhair al-Atassi saw her name she realised she had lost her house. A tear dropped from her eye for a moment and she then returned to her combative self," said the diplomat, who was meeting the opposition negotiators in Geneva.
Asked why Damascus had put members of the opposition Nation Coalition umbrella group on its terrorism list and frozen their bank accounts, Syrian government delegate Bashar al-Jaafari said: "You are trying to terrorise me and you won't succeed."
He said the decision was made two months before the Geneva talks began. "This has nothing to do with the Geneva conference. Whoever refuses to fight terrorism is part of terrorism."
| Didn't someone say something similar in recent years? |
One delegate, Ahmad Jakal, said: "The regime wants to prove it can get to us personally. In its sick thinking, anyone who opposes it is a traitor and terrorist."