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2003-09-24 Syria-Lebanon

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Posted by Steve 2003-09-24 8:36:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd hate to be their Syrian controller - short walk to a hole in the desert with a 9mm headache. Mistakes that can be traced back are not forgiven

Posted by Frank G 2003-9-24 8:43:34 AM|| 2003-9-24 8:43:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Humm, Iâd have to agree with the last part.

Unfortunately, no system is foolproof.

"How could Syria have spies in Guantanamo? Is the CIA incapable of finding a trustworthy translator?" news agency AFP quoted him as saying.

I probably would have tried to recruit a Lebanese Christian.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-24 10:38:13 AM|| 2003-9-24 10:38:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't the chaplain's wife Syrian? Didn't he study in Syria?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-9-24 12:27:30 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-9-24 12:27:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Robert, yes to both. And in a funny coincidence, so is Airman al-Halabi, the Air Force translator who was busted. He lied about becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. Wonder if they have the same controller?

Posted by Steve 2003-9-24 1:08:53 PM|| 2003-9-24 1:08:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 My guess would be "yes."

Posted by Fred 2003-9-24 1:25:48 PM|| 2003-9-24 1:25:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Bet two weeks' pay their "controller" is wishing he'd never been born this week. I'm sure he's already gotten a personal email from the Navy JAG: "Report to Guantanimo for debriefing/trial/prison". Not to mention whatever other information this pair of amateur goofballs have allowed the United States to collect - from their laptops, from their personal papers, and from their eavesdropped converstaions. The amount of sweat pouring forth from Damascus may cause a flood in Galilee.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-9-24 6:22:45 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-9-24 6:22:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The Syrian information minister Ahmad al-Hassan? Is he the cousin of Baghdad Bob? He certainly sounds like it!

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-9-24 7:29:48 PM|| 2003-9-24 7:29:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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