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2005-11-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-04 23:07|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mystery Military Moves in Damascus-- reminds me of Soddy "surrounding" type of activity.

Posted by twobyfour 2005-11-04 00:38|| 2005-11-04 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 A coup is a-comin'.

Posted by Regnad Kcin 2005-11-04 00:42|| 2005-11-04 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Kcin, I think it is just a mysterious activity for foreign consumption: "We are so upset by this Hariri affair and we'll get to the bottom of it" from Ass-sad bag'o'tricks.

Posted by twobyfour 2005-11-04 00:49|| 2005-11-04 00:49|| Front Page Top

#4 This may be to prevent a coup by those folks about to be arrested. It's possible that Bashir al Assad had nothing to do with the assassination. Saddam owned the Iraqi state. I don't think Bashir has the same authority his dad, Hafez, did. Hafez took power the old-fashioned way, by killing his way to the top. Bashir merely inherited it.

Posted by Elmenter Snineque1852 2005-11-04 01:15|| 2005-11-04 01:15|| Front Page Top

#5 A ~~Chinese~~ Syrian Fire Drill using military units? Lol, okay if you wanna posit that idea, sure. But then again, I beg to differ, lol. :)

Posted by Regnad Kcin 2005-11-04 01:19|| 2005-11-04 01:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Kcin, my crystal ball sez no coup in Syria in a foreseeable future (meaning about 4 weeks time). Ass-sad grip on power is quite firm and he has a few hand-picked scape-goats if necessary. After that, there may be other dices in play.

Posted by twobyfour 2005-11-04 01:54|| 2005-11-04 01:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Anti-commando forces to keep any 'criminals' from being plucked up and taken to place outside of Syrian control by "outside forces."

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-11-04 02:37|| 2005-11-04 02:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Â·

Posted by Huposing Thiger5407 2005-11-04 04:33|| 2005-11-04 04:33|| Front Page Top

#9 but President Assad's regime has a right to have a say on the interrogation venue

yikes. Hope Mehlis has a good team of bomb sniffing dogs!

Posted by 2b 2005-11-04 05:56|| 2005-11-04 05:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Interesting... The force protecting him today can easily become the force that topples him tomorrow. For the right price at the right time, all asshats become vulnerable... It's not like they obey him for the good of the nation... He's been in power for almost 4.5 years, and he hasn't handled it all that well, has he? Just musing aloud...

Posted by .com 2005-11-04 06:59|| 2005-11-04 06:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Dang...Red on Red!!!! Go teams go!!! Go teams go!!! Maybe we can have a tailgate party?

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2005-11-04 07:37|| 2005-11-04 07:37|| Front Page Top

#12 My prediction that Assad will be dead as the proverbial Dodo by midnight on december 31, 2005 still stands, but I could tolerate some slippage for the right outcome.

Posted by phil_b 2005-11-04 08:18|| 2005-11-04 08:18|| Front Page Top

#13 ...President Assad's regime has a right to have a say on the interrogation venue but not to object to anyone in Syria the commission demands to question under Security Council Resolution 1636.

Given the troop movements, I'd guess that 'objecting' is what will occur.

Posted by Pappy 2005-11-04 11:05|| 2005-11-04 11:05|| Front Page Top

#14 They're just hanging around for the suicides, the many, many suicides.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-11-04 11:10|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-11-04 11:10|| Front Page Top

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