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2005-09-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2005-09-23 00:31|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "There will be no party of importance until the normal people feel they are safe, until people are not afraid of the security apparatus in the country," says Mr. Hussein. "Even if there is a political parties law, there will be no important political parties because the people will not trust the government; they will not trust that you can form a party and you will not be arrested."

This is the important thing. Without a serious change Syria is merely going to have Iranian style "deomocracy." Which is to say all hat, no cattle.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-09-23 10:55|| 2005-09-23 10:55|| Front Page Top

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