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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria warns 'gates of hell will open' if U.S. attacks
2005-10-12
In the latest official Syrian comment on the increasing pressure on Damascus, Premier Naji Otari said "all the gates of hell will open on the U.S. if it attempts to attack Syria."
Even though that probably implies they're going to unleash their Elite Republican Guard™ on us, it also sounds like they could be in league with Satan. The more reason to demolish them, I'd say...
Otari was replying to a report this week in Newsweek magazine revealing that Washington had debated launching military strikes inside Syria against camps used by insurgents operating in Iraq.
I expect it'll eventually come down to that. Baby Assad can't back down, not after being tossed out of Leb. I'd guess he came close enough to being quietly eliminated when that happened.
Otari also accused Lebanese officials of being unable to make an independent decision, saying they were answerable to the French and U.S. ambassadors to Lebanon. Addressing his Lebanese counterpart Fouad Siniora, the Syrian premier said: "Apparently Siniora forgot all of what we have discussed when he visited Damascus after his recent return from a visit to the U.S."
"I warned him. He can't say I didn't..."
Siniora had held talks with several officials in Damascus to resolve a border dispute between the two countries in June. Pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported yesterday Otari had refused to answer repeated phone calls from Siniora on Monday. The paper quoted unidentified "informed Syrian sources in Damascus" as saying the Assad regime believes Siniora has reneged on promises he made to the Syrian president during a visit on July 31. The regime is particularly outraged over Siniora's allegation in a recent interview with The Washington Post that all of Lebanon is convinced that Syria engineered the Hariri murder.
Sounds like the puppet masters are cheesed over losing control. But we knew that.
Posted by:Fred

#22  Maybe they were thinking about the gate to the Mines of Moria and Khazad-dum. Perhaps Baby Assad is harboring a Balrog left over from Saddam's regime or something.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-10-12 22:51  

#21  These gates of hell or some other one?
Posted by: 3dc   2005-10-12 18:39  

#20  "all the gates of hell will open on the U.S. if it attempts to attack Syria."


OK.
Posted by: DoDo   2005-10-12 14:01  

#19  "all the gates of hell will open on the U.S. if it attempts to attack Syria."

Hell itself can be brought to Syria in the form of hundreds of napalm canisters....
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-10-12 12:30  

#18  It's a strange cultural thing. The more scared and hapless they feel the more bellicose and vicious the rhetoric. Their language is rich in this area and provides alot of resources. Doesn't it remind one of Saddam's lackies?
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-10-12 11:34  

#17  Two words: "Greater Lebanon".
Posted by: Mitch H.   2005-10-12 11:13  

#16  "Croesus of Lydia went to Delphi before invading Persia and was informed “if you do, you will destroy a great empire.”

So, just who has been dumping terrorists and arms across who's borders Mr. Otari?
Posted by: Thromble Chineting2817   2005-10-12 09:28  

#15  Sam, Gen. Kenaan was suicided.
Posted by: Quincy, M.E   2005-10-12 09:27  

#14  I believe "Gates of Hell" is the Arab version of "Sea of Fire".
Posted by: tu3031   2005-10-12 09:27  

#13  That will be very convenient. The gates open, we chase them into Hell, where they get to meet Mohammed.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-10-12 09:09  

#12  Final statement on National Radio:

"I want to make clear that our relation with our brothers in Lebanon was based on love and mutual respect"

Yeah Right.
Posted by: Evert V. in NL   2005-10-12 08:40  

#11  "Damasectomy" LOL (Copyright Douglas Adams)
Posted by: Evert V. in NL   2005-10-12 08:39  

#10  I wonder if the "Gates Of Hell®" are stored in container trucks with Iraqi markings?
Posted by: Dick Lynes   2005-10-12 08:01  

#9  You guys are soooo jaded and cynical, lol!
Posted by: .com   2005-10-12 07:53  

#8  .com-

Accidentally shot himself repeatedly.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-10-12 07:42  

#7  Shot himself in the back of the head 10 times.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2005-10-12 07:41  

#6  There's not much on the "suicide", but here's the AP story.

Syria's interior minister, who ran Lebanon as security chief until 2003, died Wednesday, and Syria's official news agency said he had committed suicide.

His death was reported days before the expected release of a U.N. report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

"Interior Minister Brig. Gen. Ghazi Kenaan committed suicide in his office before noon," the Syrian Arab News Agency reported. "Authorities are carrying out the necessary investigation into the incident."

The news agency report did not mention the looming U.N. investigation, but Kenaan was intelligence chief in Lebanon from the 1980s until 2003, presiding over Syria's control of its neighboring country. He reportedly was questioned by U.N. investigators in the probe of the Hariri's murder.

Suicided, huh. Color me skeptical.
Posted by: .com   2005-10-12 07:30  

#5  In WWII, the Devil's Brigade was on which side?

In WWII, the "Devil's in Skirts" were on which side?

Otari was making a prediction of what his short life would be like if we had the balls to end their terrorist existance.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-10-12 07:29  

#4  Just in from Haaretz Flash........

13:10 Syrian Interior Minister, who heads security services, commits suicide (Reuters)

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/ShTickers.html
Posted by: Evert V. in NL   2005-10-12 07:23  

#3  Wow.
Posted by: gromgoru   2005-10-12 04:49  

#2  Georgey Patton, the "most feared Allied Commander on all fronts" by the Germans during WW2, had a famed armored div surnamed "HELL ON WHEELS" - the Allies still won, Assad. OTOH, everything taken together leads me to the opinion that when Saddam made his "MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES" remark, he was possibly forecasting potential future US defeat but NOT necessarily at the hands of His or Iraq's Baathist forces per se. Iff there were any doubts before 9-11, post 9-11 its clear the USA is dealing with an organized geopol effort, of which Radical Islam is only one part of. In any case, AMERICA EITHER WINS, OR IT WILL BE DESTROYED - in-betweens only lead to eventual defeat. For all their hype about Americans being given "choice", the Failed Lefties and anti-US agendists are NOT giving Americans any "choice" when it comes to forcing Americans to accept, or volunteer to accept, national Socialism, Communism, OWG and Socie World Order.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-10-12 00:45  

#1  He's right. The Gates of Hell will open, but only to admit the Syrian Baathists.
Posted by: RWV   2005-10-12 00:32  

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