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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria: Western Spies Contact Assad To Discuss Security
2014-01-16
[Ynet] The intelligence services of some Western countries opposed to Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
 have visited Damascus to discuss security cooperation with his government, Syria's deputy foreign minister said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday.

"I will not specify (which countries) but many of them have visited Damascus, yes," the deputy minister, Faisal Mekdad, said in an interview with the BBC. Mekdad said that the contacts appeared to show a rift between the political and security authorities in some countries opposed to Assad.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  See also "consequentialism" and 'realpolitik'.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-01-16 13:54  

#1  "Iwill not specify (which countries)

French pragmatism (ˈpræɡməˌtɪzəm) —n: 1. action or policy dictated by consideration of the immediate practical consequences rather than by theory or dogma
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-16 08:26  

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