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2005-11-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrian President Asks Mehlis Commission For Protection

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-18 10:29|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Give 'em a house in the Virginia 'burbs on the condition that he come clean on where he stashed Saddam's WMD program.

Posted by AzCat 2005-11-18 10:45|| 2005-11-18 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Give 'em a house in the Virginia 'burbs on the condition that he come clean on where he stashed Saddam's WMD program

Good idea. Wouldn't that be a stick up a liberals ASS!!!

Posted by ARMYGUY 2005-11-18 10:50|| 2005-11-18 10:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I dunno. I bet Abu Ghraib could use a eye doc too.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-18 10:56|| 2005-11-18 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Does this mean he's agreeing to stand down? I just don't believe it.

Posted by Jake-the-Peg 2005-11-18 10:58|| 2005-11-18 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 I call bullshit. If I'm Zippy I take my chances, especially since it'd be so tough to get a head shot on my teeny, tiny melon.

Posted by tu3031 2005-11-18 11:04|| 2005-11-18 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Lenscrafters of Ryhad. First pair are always free.

Posted by john">john 2005-11-18 11:05|| 2005-11-18 11:05|| Front Page Top

#7 WTF to get witness protection you have to give up someone bigger, baby Assad is the pres is he saying that he is not in charge of his own nation? What the hell is he tryin to claim that he is a figure head who is a puppet of others or even other foriegn powers?? Who is he going to rat out Iran or the old Saddam bathist to blame. I dont know sounds like BS to me but who knows.

Posted by C-Low 2005-11-18 11:33|| 2005-11-18 11:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Army guy...lol! I'm not sure you are right about that thought, he'd be very welcome there.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-18 11:35|| 2005-11-18 11:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Could this be disinformation to hasten Zippy's untimely demise? No one likes a squealer. In an institutionally corrupt regime which trades in deceit, the powers that be would likely send him to join Hariri.

It seems this is acase where the statement, whether true or not, will become reality in short order. Even if not true, Assad may have to seek protection now that he is suspected of turning.

Posted by mjh">mjh 2005-11-18 12:31|| 2005-11-18 12:31|| Front Page Top

#10 AKI? What wire service is that? The site looks... Italian?

Sounds like sub-Debka rumormongering, but what a hell of a rumor...

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2005-11-18 12:35|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-11-18 12:35|| Front Page Top

#11 He's ready to squeal on Kofi.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-18 12:53|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-18 12:53|| Front Page Top

#12 He's ready to squeal on Kofi.

ooooh! I like that thought! That's a pretty good trading card.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-18 12:59|| 2005-11-18 12:59|| Front Page Top

#13 AKI? What wire service is that? The site looks... Italian?

Yes, it's Italian. They seem to be wired in pretty good in the Middle East. So far I haven't caught them in any bogus stories.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-11-18 13:30|| 2005-11-18 13:30|| Front Page Top

#14 Sadly, 2b, I was joking.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-18 15:01|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-18 15:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh. Darn. Well ...if he was smart....

Posted by 2b 2005-11-18 15:06|| 2005-11-18 15:06|| Front Page Top

#16 Cheese, guys, Basher's always been a stooge for his dad's cronies. Try and keep up, huh?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-11-18 15:07|| 2005-11-18 15:07|| Front Page Top

#17 AZCat. I live in the VA burbs and there is a house for sale just down the street. He better bring his protection though. I'd hate to see a freak gardening accident befall him.

This is too good to be true. At best it's a plant to further weaken him. In the dictator biz, asking for protection is akin to quitting.

Posted by JAB 2005-11-18 15:34|| 2005-11-18 15:34|| Front Page Top

#18 Maybe Assad can clarify exactly why Senator Rockefeller was there before the war to warn them in time to move the WMD's before bombing commenced.

Posted by Danielle 2005-11-18 16:13|| 2005-11-18 16:13|| Front Page Top

#19 Lebanese sites have picked up the story from AKI. It'll be all over the region soon. He either needs to issue a denial, pack his bags or both.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-11-18 16:21|| 2005-11-18 16:21|| Front Page Top

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