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2007-10-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-09 14:07|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Hey, Mo didn't have electricity, so shut the fuck up and enjoy it...

Posted by tu3031 2007-10-09 14:50|| 2007-10-09 14:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting to see the isolation of Syria in response to Hariri's death have public fruits.

Posted by lotp 2007-10-09 15:04|| 2007-10-09 15:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Now, if the running water could just be cut off...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-10-09 15:22|| 2007-10-09 15:22|| Front Page Top

#4 GOOD.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-09 15:54|| 2007-10-09 15:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like that Israeli air strike shut down their Iranian-style power plant.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-09 16:01|| 2007-10-09 16:01|| Front Page Top

#6 E-Bomb or just screwed up power system?

Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-09 17:26|| 2007-10-09 17:26|| Front Page Top

#7 E-Bomb or just screwed up power system?

Let them figure it out and fix it. And then do it again.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-10-09 17:39|| 2007-10-09 17:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Mine heart surely doth pumpeth piss.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-10-09 18:05|| 2007-10-09 18:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Doesn't Iraq buy power from Syria?

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2007-10-09 19:04|| 2007-10-09 19:04|| Front Page Top

#10 My guess is inshallah maintenance, lack of infrastructure investment and corruption.

From the article, it sounds like the Syrians are revolting. (if that's not a slow hanging curve ball...don't say I never gave you nothing!)

Posted by SteveS 2007-10-09 19:44|| 2007-10-09 19:44|| Front Page Top

#11 But how are they to take showers if there's no electricity to heat the water, SteveS?

/first!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-09 19:47|| 2007-10-09 19:47|| Front Page Top

#12 The peasants are revolting...and smelly too

Posted by King of Id">King of Id 2007-10-09 19:54|| 2007-10-09 19:54|| Front Page Top

#13 But how are they to take showers if there's no electricity to heat the water

Please recall how the Arabs are famous for producing vast quantities of natural gas and that doesn't even begin to include their petroleum reserves.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-09 20:03|| 2007-10-09 20:03|| Front Page Top

#14 TW, cold showers. ;-)

Zen, Syria is bit shortchanged on "vast quantities of natural gas and that doesn't even begin to include their petroleum reserves". However, spending billions on purchses of Russian Potemkian weaponry does not apparently leave much for improving infrastrucure.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-09 20:11|| http://www.twobyfour.info]">[http://www.twobyfour.info] 2007-10-09 20:11|| Front Page Top

#15 twobyfour, my comment wasn't referring to petroleum products at all but your observations are still most welcome. Assad is living proof regarding how very abundant natural gas is in the Arab world.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-09 21:03|| 2007-10-09 21:03|| Front Page Top

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