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2005-02-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria replaces intelligence chief
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Posted by Steve 2005-02-18 9:42:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 IMO, it's the first of his fathers old cronies that he's replacing.
Posted by gromgorru  2005-02-18 10:33:09 AM||   2005-02-18 10:33:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder if "retirement age" will leave a copper taste in Hassan's mouth? But not for long...
Posted by tu3031 2005-02-18 10:35:04 AM||   2005-02-18 10:35:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Buzzards and Vultures are complaining because old meat is grainy and hard to chew especially when dried out by a hot desert sun...
Posted by BigEd 2005-02-18 12:40:56 PM||   2005-02-18 12:40:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Baathist tradition. A minority group (Sunni in Iraq, Alawite in Syria) naming family members to all the intelligence apparati. I think the pressure is on Syria now and its family leadership is taking a huge gamble. First by allying itself with the losers of Tehran. Both regimes are unifying to put off the inevitable since if they don't try to preserve themselves now, they will surely go down in any kind of real election process. 2nd is the naming of the brother in law. Shows desperation.
Posted by chicago mike  2005-02-18 12:57:53 PM||   2005-02-18 12:57:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think he's trying to avoid a military coup.
Posted by Jake-the-Peg 2005-02-18 2:43:39 PM||   2005-02-18 2:43:39 PM|| Front Page Top

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