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2005-04-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Israel eyes peace with Lebanon as Syria completes pullout

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-26 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 what about the (aproximately) 100.000 Syrians that were given Lebanese citizenship. Do you think that some of them were "secret service" employees..........um.........?

Posted by ladida 2005-04-26 10:21:35 AM|| 2005-04-26 10:21:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting, ladida. I wasn't aware of that. If I recall correctly, Lebanon has a total population of around 3 million, which would make those 100,000 Syrians a substantial minority.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-04-26 1:09:49 PM|| 2005-04-26 1:09:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "George W. Bush who? Can't say I've ever heard of him..."

Posted by Seafarious 2005-04-26 2:11:43 PM|| 2005-04-26 2:11:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Anybody got data on what the gen. pop. to police spies ratio was in Nazi Germany? East Germany under the USSR? Romania under old Nick?

Posted by mojo 2005-04-26 3:43:21 PM|| 2005-04-26 3:43:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Deutsche Pseudodemokratische Republik:
STASI agent : population = 1 : 166

Romania:
Securitate : population = 1 : ~700

That does not count part-time agents that were usually blackmailed into snitching.

Nazi Germany -- I suppose that the numbers were within that range.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-04-26 4:12:07 PM|| 2005-04-26 4:12:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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