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2005-11-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Damascus forms special "crisis cell" to foil besiege

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Damascus's openness to the most influential capitals in the world" That would be Moscow, Paris, Berlin and Bejing.

Posted by Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu 2005-11-22 02:28|| 2005-11-22 02:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Syrian self-reliance
We will fight your evil ~~sanctions~~ besiege with Arab juche!

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-11-22 08:30|| 2005-11-22 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 ...the government has completed preparations to combat the worst possibilities as regards the open encounter with the USA.

I seriously doubt that. In a hard-core "encounter" with the US military, the only options are "run awaaaaaay" and "die in place". Ask the Republican Guard.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-11-22 17:17|| 2005-11-22 17:17|| Front Page Top

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