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2003-03-04 Middle East

Cancel trips to Syria, British Foreign Office warns

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-04 12:29 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh, I dunno. How about Prague or Sofia?

Posted by Ed 2003-03-04 01:25:33|| 2003-03-04 01:25:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Syria. Number One on my list of dream destinations.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-04 10:18:06|| 2003-03-04 10:18:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually I bet damascus is one of the coolest places to go to. That was the site of one of the caliphates and so there's probably tons of historical sites, beautiful mosques, monuments, gardens, etc. Hopefully some day sanity will be restored in countries like Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon and then we westerners can tour those countries, spend our $ there, shoot the shit with the locals, and everybody is better off. But for now, an American or Brit in Syria would not be safe because of the presence of so many jihadis and because of the dictator bashar assad.

Posted by Abu Hamza 2003-03-04 15:15:48|| 2003-03-04 15:15:48|| Front Page Top

#4 I know Damascus. It's one of the most interesting cities in the Middle East. Certainly the most fascinating bazaar I have ever seen. The Omayyad mosque is absolutely beautiful. Then you have the fantastically well preserved Roman ruins of Palmyra in the desert, the more than impressive crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers, the old city Aleppo and lots of other interesting sites. Syrians are actually very friendly people and a lot less sticky than the Moroccans or Tunisians. Combine the trip with Lebanon (Baalbek Ruins, Beirut etc.) and Jordan ("Rock city" of Petra, bizarre desert scenery of Wadi Rum where Lawrence of Arabia was filmed).
All these places are probably safer than the "Big Orange (Alerted)" New York or London.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-03-04 15:35:13|| 2003-03-04 15:35:13|| Front Page Top

#5 TGA,

You've probably spelled out reason #2 for taking out the thugocracies. There's all that cool stuff to see!

Posted by Dreadnought 2003-03-04 16:37:06|| 2003-03-04 16:37:06|| Front Page Top

#6 We need to change out the hysterical regimes so we can see the historical sites. Another reason for regime change.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-04 17:51:01|| 2003-03-04 17:51:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Only that Roman ruins look way better than ruins of modern Arab brutalist concrete architecture.

Posted by True German Ally 2003-03-04 17:58:20|| 2003-03-04 17:58:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Well get the bastards outta there and I'll go over.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-04 22:07:55|| 2003-03-04 22:07:55|| Front Page Top

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