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ِApril
24/2011
Biblical Event Of The
Day
Saint Mark
(16/01-13) "When the Sabbath
was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought
spices, that they might come and anoint him. 16:2 Very early on the first day of
the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. They were saying among
themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” for
it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back. Entering
into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a
white robe, and they were amazed. He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek
Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid him! But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He
goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’” They
went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on
them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid. Now when he had risen
early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from
whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with
him, as they mourned and wept. When they heard that he was alive, and had been
seen by her, they disbelieved. After these things he was revealed in another
form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. They went
away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either."
Latest
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sources
Assad's Taqiyya Against His
People/By Dr Walid Phares/April
23/11
Two killed in row over illegal
construction/By:
Matt Nash/April
23/11
Latest News Reports From Miscellaneous Sources for April
23/11
Syrian snipers kill 15 mourners at
protesters' funerals Saturday /DEBKAfile
Two Syrian MPs, top cleric quit
over bloodshed/Now Lebanon
More than 40,000 march in funeral
procession in Daraya, BBC reports/Now Lebanon
Syrian rights lawyer says people
are being detained across Syria/Now Lebanon
Al-Rahi
in Easter Message Hopes for End of Cabinet, Economic Crisis/Naharnet
More Than 70 Dead, Scores Hurt
in Syria 'Good Friday' Demos/Naharnet
Condemnation Mounts of Syria
Crackdown/Naharnet
Syrians Bury their Dead in New
Bloody RalliesFive
Syrian Protesters 'Shot Dead' in Daraa/Naharnet
Hizb
ut-Tahrir Accuses State of Using Intimidation Practices: We Will Stage
Demonstrations Every Friday/Naharnet
Raad: Hizbullah and AMAL
Not Providing Political Cover for Construction Violations/Naharnet
MTV Crew Attacked for
Filming Illegal Building on Holy See Land in Ghobeiri/Naharnet
Jumblat Says Cabinet
Formation Still at Standstill, Berri Should Solve Crisis/Naharnet
Nasrallah Expected to Make
Speech over Public Property Violations/Naharnet
Ghassan Bin Jeddo Confirms
Resignation from al-Jazeera Channel/Naharnet
WikiLeaks: Harb Requested
U.S. Help in Persuading LBC to Support March 14 Camp/Naharnet
WikiLeaks: Feltman Says
Strida Geagea isn't Embarrassed by Making Anti-Islamic Statements/Naharnet
WikiLeaks: Geagea Sought
to Employ LBC for his Political Goals/Naharnet
Jumblat Calls for Keeping
Construction Violations File Away from Political Disputes/Naharnet
Government to be Formed in
Upcoming Two Weeks as Hizbullah Intensifies its Contacts/Naharnet
Wahhab Reveals Photos of Checks
Addressed to Jarrah and Khaddam from Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz/Naharnet
Government to be Formed in Upcoming Two Weeks as Hizbullah Intensifies its
Contacts
Naharnet/The government is expected to be formed in the upcoming two weeks after
Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati's return from London from a private visit,
reported As Safir newspaper Saturday. President Michel Suleiman will discuss the
cabinet lineup crisis on Sunday with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in a
closed-door meeting during his participation in Easter mass in Bkirki, it said.
Important discussions have taken place over the government formation process,
where "Hizbullah was reported to have acted on more than one internal front,"
widely-informed sources told the newspaper. New ideas and cabinet lineups were
suggested, including "shifting and trading some cabinet portfolios" and
proposing a centrist solution for the Interior Ministry dispute. The decisions
will be taken after the Easter holiday, the sources said. As Safir reported that
the representation of the Sunni leader in the new majority must be determined.
The sources stated that the new parliamentary majority circles find that Faisal
Karami, son of former PM Omar Karami, is the most qualified candidate for this
role. An official source remarked to the newspaper that Hizbullah is speeding up
the government formation process "especially with the big tasks awaiting the
cabinet".
The official stressed that the party "is trying to remove obstacles with the
concerned parties, offering all facilitations, even on his own expense," As
Safir said. Beirut, 23 Apr 11, 11:13
Syrian snipers kill 15 mourners at protesters' funerals Saturday
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report /April 23, 2011,
Security forces and demonstrators continued to clash Saturday, April 23 in
Damascus, Hama, Daraa and nearby Izraa after Friday's bloodbath left more than
100 dead and hundreds injured. Syrian snipers shot dead at least 15 mourners,
injured dozens, at the funerals. Witnesses report security forces are seizing
hospital ambulances to deny demonstrators injured from live gunfire medical
treatment. The regime in Damascus dismissed US President Barack Obama's charge
that President Bashar Assad sought Iranian assistance in repressing his own
citizens as based on non-objective information. Also Saturday, two lawmakers
became the first Syrian politicians to resign in protest against regime
brutality: Nasser al-Hariri, representative of the southern town of Daraa, said
was no point in serving under a regime that fired live shots to kill its
citizens. MP Khalil al-Rifai came next. debkafile adds: Last week, several
military officers were secretly executed for refusing orders to shoot
demonstrators. Early Saturday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé cautioned
Damascus that regime heads and security forces officers could face international
prosecution for shooting civilians.
debkafile reported earlier: Bashar Assad faces the final showdown for his
survival Saturday, April 23 after Friday saw the bloodiest day in the month-long
protest movement against his regime: In his second statement in 24 hours, US
President Barack Obama condemned the Syrian regime's "outrageous use of
violence" against the protesters saying "it must end now." While blaming
outsiders, President Assad seeks Iranian assistance in repressing Syria's
citizens," said the US president.
In neither statement was the Syrian president urged to step down, even after the
decision he took Friday to muster the entire army for crushing the surging
uprising, which is expected to explode with greater fury during the funerals
Saturday. Under new orders from Damascus, Syrian troops have already quit their
posts on the Israeli border to reinforce units deployed in the cities. Assad has
his back to the wall: Armed protesters are barring his security forces from
entering broad regions of the country unless they are accompanied by
large-scale, military strength with massive fire power.
Friday night, debkafile reported: The eleven Syrian army divisions are Assad's
last card in his fight for survival. Until now, he kept most of them back,
sending out to the streets only his trusted security services, Republic Guard
and 4th Division commanded by his younger brother Gen. Maher Assad. But when
Friday's bloodbath failed to keep the rising tide of protest from igniting 16
towns from north to south - Hama, Homs, Deir al-Zur, Banias, Daraa and the three
Kurdish towns - and encroaching on Damascus, the capital, and second largest
Syrian city, Aleppo, the Syrian president decided to go all the way. He ordered
his army chiefs to assume control of security in Syria's main towns and
districts and divide the country up into thee military regions.The die was cast
by the time the White House issued its first statement urging the Syrian
government "to cease and desist" its violence against demonstrators and follow
through on promised reforms. Assad's orders to the army had already gone out by
the time the White House spokesman Jay Carney, speaking to reporters as
President Barack Obama flew back to Washington from California, said, "We
deplore the use of violence" against the demonstrators.
In any case, US President Barack Obama's tardy statement still refrained from
addressing Bashar Assad's responsibility for the violence, least of all calling
on him to step down to meet the people's demands.In Daraa, epicenter of the
movement in the south, the crowds hoped to reach Washington's ears with slogans
shouted in English: "Assad: The game is over! " and "Go and open an eye clinic!"
Friday night, our sources report, Syrian army units were already sighted heading
towards the cities, joined for the first time by troops normally on duty on at
the Syrian-Israel border. debkafile's military sources disclose their
assignments:
Corps No. 1 was given responsibility for the capital Damascus and its outlying
towns and districts;
Corps No. 2 took charge of central Syria and the towns of Aleppo, Homs and Hama;
Corps No. 3 spread out in the south and Jebel Druze.
It was the last straw for Assad when Friday, the strategic town of Katana west
of Damascus was drawn into the protest movement and rallied against his regime.
Katana houses the main bases of the Syrian armored corps, which is part of the
7th Division, and serves as divisional logistical administration center. Its
population is made up mostly of the officers, men and civilian personnel serving
at those bases.
Having Katana turn against the regime finally persuaded its leaders to throw
every resource it had into crushing the uprising.
For the Syrian ruler, deploying the entire army is a wild gamble because more
than 75 percent of Syria's 220,000-strong rank and file are Sunni Muslims, Kurds
and Druzes and therefore drawn from ethnic and religious groups long repressed
by the Alawite-dominated regime. Saturday could see uniformed troops flouting
orders to shoot live rounds into crowds of protesters who are members of their
community or even family. It would start the break-up of the Syrian army amid
large-scale defections of officers and men.
Two Syrian MPs, top cleric quit over bloodshed
April 23, 2011 /Two Syrian MPs from the protest hub city of Daraa and its top
cleric on Saturday told Al-Jazeera television they resigned in protest at the
bloodshed in their country.
"I announce my resignation from parliament," Khalil al-Rifai, a deputy from the
southern city said in remarks broadcast by Al-Jazeera. The satellite channel
said he became the second MP from Daraa to quit after Nasser al-Hariri, who
earlier announced his resignation also on Al-Jazeera, saying he was frustrated
because he could not protect his constituents.Rifai echoed the sentiment, saying
he could not "protect the people who brought me to parliament." "I urge the
president to intervene immediately."Hours later, Daraa's top cleric Mufti Rizq
Abdulrahman Abazeid also joined the dissidents, announcing his resignation on
Al-Jazeera. "The authorities must respond to all the demands" of the people, he
said. At least 13 people were shot dead on Saturday in Syria, activists and
witnesses said, as tens of thousands took to the streets again to bury scores of
people killed in massive anti-regime protests the previous day. -NOW Lebanon
More than 40,000 march in funeral procession in Daraya, BBC reports
Now Lebanon/April 23, 2011 /BBC quoted on Saturday an eye witness as saying that
more than 40,000 mourners attended the funeral procession of Ammar Mahmoud and
Walid Khoulani in Daraya in Syria. He added that many people sustained injuries
during the procession resulting from the use of gas bombs. All shops are closed
in Daraya, the eye witness also said. There were more than 10,000 people
protesting in the town on Friday, he said, adding that Friday’s protest was
dispersed using force. Bloodshed erupted as tens of thousands of demonstrators
took to the streets for "Good Friday" protests to test long sought-after
freedoms a day after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad scrapped decades of
draconian emergency rule.-NOW Lebanon
Syrian rights
lawyer says people are being detained across Syria
April 23, 2011 /Prominent Syrian human rights lawyer Haitham Maleh told BBC
Arabic on Saturday that detentions are being carried out in all areas of Syria.
“One hundred people disappeared from only one town. Where did they disappear
[to]?”Maleh added that there have been more than 150 deaths since Friday.
Bloodshed erupted as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets for
"Good Friday" protests to test long sought-after freedoms a day after Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad scrapped decades of draconian emergency rule.-NOW
Lebanon
Two killed in row over illegal construction
Matt Nash,/April 23, 2011
“This is Wissam’s blood,” Walid Hussein said, pointing at a stain on the
sidewalk that appeared to be blood mixed with dirt. No one seems to have tried
washing away. Wissam Taweel, Hussein’s brother-in-law, was one of two men
killed Thursday in the Masaken neighborhood of Tyre, a southern port town.
Security forces shot Taweel and Ali Nasser, a Palestinian and Lebanese,
respectively, as neighborhood residents protested attempts by the Internal
Security Forces to stop illegal construction in the area.
A statement from the ISF issued after the incident said forces fired into the
air, killing two and wounding two more, by accident after residents opened fire
first. People in Masaken, however, tell a very different story. “The army was
shooting to kill,” Hussein said. “The people were not shooting at the army. They
weren’t even throwing stones.” As he spoke, a tire fire from the previous day’s
protest still smoldered nearby. Several other residents and the president of
Tyre’s municipal council, Abdel Mohsen al-Husseini, insisted residents did not
have weapons. In a brief telephone interview, Husseini railed against the ISF,
insisting they were to blame for the illegal construction in the neighborhood.
He said members of the ISF essentially act as real estate agents in and around
Tyre, taking bribes to allow people to build on state-owned land, which is
against the law. Illegal construction has become a contentious issue throughout
South Lebanon and in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
In Masaken, much of the construction was not new buildings going up on virgin
land, as is the case in other areas of the South. Rather almost every building
owner on a stretch of road approximately a quarter of a mile long was adding
extra floors to existing structures.
As a neighborhood, Masaken developed in the 1970s as people from southern
villages moved as Palestinian militants began flocking to the South. The
population grew during the civil war. All of the houses are technically illegal,
built on state land, and, residents said, the law bans them from adding extra
floors to their properties.
Everyone NOW Lebanon interviewed said the building in Masaken began around a
month ago. It continued on Friday. The Central News Agency reported that the
recent rash of illegal construction on state land began in the Sunni village of
Yarin al-Jadida. Apparently irked by seeing Sunnis breaking the law with
apparent impunity, residents of mostly Shia areas followed suit.Mhanna, 28, a
Masaken resident who would only give his first name, said the ISF did not
initially try stopping the construction in his neighborhood until April 20. A
source in the ISF, who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to talk
to the press, told NOW Lebanon that, in fact, the police decided when the
construction first began to step in to stop it.
Any delays in trying to enforce the law were caused by a lack of available
personnel, the source said. Since early in the month, there have been repeated
reports in the press of the ISF facing resistance from people building
illegally. On Wednesday in Ras al-Ain, in the Tyre electoral district, residents
somehow employed bees to attack members of the ISF.
Amal Movement leader Nabih Berri and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said
before the fatal shootings that they had told their supporters not to build
illegally. Mhanna disputed that, saying residents were told nothing about
construction. However, the parties met Thursday after the shootings and issued a
statement affirming support for the ISF to stop illegal construction “using
legal manners.” Interior Minister Ziad Baroud said the ISF would continue its
work to halt illegal building. Illegal construction was rampant in Lebanon
during the war, and neighborhoods like Masaken, built by internally displaced
people, exist throughout the country. Nasrallah is expected to address unlawful
building in a speech soon, but it is unclear if he will be able to stop people
who insist they have the right to build. “This is our property,” one owner
adding a second floor to his building told NOW Lebanon.
Nadine Elali contributed reporting for this article.
Jumblat
Calls for Keeping Construction Violations File Away from Political Disputes
Naharnet/A security official revealed to As Safir newspaper on Saturday that the
public property construction violations exceed 4,000 plots throughout southern
Lebanon, adding that they are far too numerous for the security forces and army
to handle. The newspaper added that the security forces will suffice with
recording violations instead of thwarting them.
Meanwhile, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed the need
to keep this issue away from political disputes. Caretaker Interior Minister
Ziad Baroud also called on all sides to assume their responsibilities in this
affair, blaming decades of neglect in handling this issue for the current
problem. He urged the need for all sides to implement the law and accept the
state's authority. "The army and security forces are responsible for applying
the law and protecting public property and therefore, attacking them while they
are performing their duty only serves the chaos," he noted. "We will continue on
thwarting the violations and we don't have another choice in this matter," he
continued. Baroud added: "All these developments once again confirm the need to
form a government as soon as possible." Caretaker Transportation and Public
Works Minister Ghazi Aridi meanwhile warned of the dangers of the continuation
of construction near Beirut's international airport. He told An Nahar daily in
remarks published on Saturday: "The illegal construction is a ticking time
bomb." This is more than a construction violation on public property, but "it is
a violation of the country, the lives of every individual, and aviation
safety."National and political interests require politicians to take action and
stop "this massacre", Aridi added. Beirut, 23 Apr 11, 12:11
Wahhab Reveals Photos of Checks Addressed to Jarrah and Khaddam from Saudi
Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz
Naharnet/Tawheed movement leader Wiam Wahhab revealed on Saturday photos of
checks addressed to Mustaqbal MP Jamal al-Jarrah signed by Saudi Prince Turki
bin Abdul Aziz, a member of the Saudi royal family. The check, worth $300,000,
was issued in Cairo, he told NBN television. He also uncovered a similar check
addressed to former minister Mohammed Abdul Hamid Beydoun and another check of
$400,000 addressed to Jamal Khaddam, the son of former Syrian Vice President
Abdul Halim Khaddam. Wahhab demanded that an investigation be launched into the
affair. "These checks will gradually be published to the public," he added.
Furthermore, he said that some Saudis are acting without the knowledge of Saudi
King Abdullah, who does not negatively interfere in Arab causes. Addressing the
Syrian anti-regime protests, he said: "The demonstrations taking place every
Friday are driven by forces being paid to create unrest in Syria."Meanwhile,
Beydoun condemned Wahhab's announcement, describing it as a "cheap game by the
Syrian intelligence." He told MTV that he will file a lawsuit against him on
Tuesday at the end of the Easter holidays. Beirut, 23 Apr 11, 14:41
Hizb ut-Tahrir Accuses State of Using Intimidation Practices: We Will Stage
Demonstrations Every Friday
Naharnet/Hizb ut-Tahrir's media official, Ahmed Qasas accused Lebanese
authorities of intimidation practices "that have turned Tripoli into a military
barracks."He told the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat in remarks published on
Saturday: "They sought such tactics in order to deter the people from taking
part in the demonstration that the party called for on Friday in support of the
Syrian protests." Despite the pressure and the modest turnout, he described
Friday's rally as a success seeing as they demonstrated peacefully. Qasas
stressed: "Hizb ut-Tahrir will continue on staging demonstrations every Friday
in order to keep on voicing our support for the Syrian revolution and all other
Arab revolts." Fears arouse in Lebanon that violence would break out in the
party's demonstration seeing as other groups sought to stage a pro-Syrian regime
rally. LBC television reported on Friday that a "very modest" number of
demonstrators took part in Hizb ut-Tahrir's rally, noting that a few members of
the Salafist movement marched in the event. They demanded that the government
adopt more openness towards such movements. OTV said that the demonstrators did
not exceed 1,000. Agence France Presse reported that the demonstrators held
banners demanding a halt to the "massacres against the Syrian people." Others
tried to chant anti-Syrian regime slogans, but members of Hizb ut-Tahrir stopped
them. Qasas said before the crowd: "We belong to one Islamic ummah and aiding
our Syrian brothers is a religious duty." "A day will come when the Islamic
caliphate will be established throughout the Arab and Islamic world," he
stressed. The founder of the Salafist movement in Lebanon, Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal,
called for an end to the "massacres being committed against the Syrian people."
Beirut, 23 Apr 11, 10:29
Raad: Hizbullah and AMAL Not Providing Political Cover for Construction
Violations
Naharnet/The head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad
described on Friday the construction violations on public property as
"shameful", saying no one can protect any side that had carried out such illegal
activity.He added: "The current chaos cannot be justified or defended … AMAL and
Hizbullah have not provided political cover to the violations."
"It's true that we live in the midst of political and sectarian disputes, but
that does not justify harming national values and we should uncover the real
reasons behind the violations," he stressed. The MP stated that political cover
was granted to establish some residential units in some areas, which drove the
security forces to turn a blind eye to the construction.
Addressing the government formation process, Raad said: "The delay in the
formation is proof of their lies because if the government were led by Hizbullah,
it would have been formed a long time ago.""If it were a one-sided government,
we wouldn't be embroiled in disputes over the distribution of portfolios," he
continued. "It's only normal for a country going through crises to witness a
long formation process," he noted. Raad added however that the regional
developments require that a new government be formed soon. "We have achieved
great progress in the formation, but the dispute over the Interior Ministry is
the main obstacle," he revealed. Beirut, 23 Apr 11, 13:09
Assad's Taqiyya Against His People
By Dr Walid Phares
http://www.walidphares.com/
Although the origins of al-Taqiyya are found in
fundamentalist Islamic dogma regarding propaganda, Ba'athists and other
authoritarian regimes in the region have used the practice for decades. ; In
short, once widespread opposition to his one-party regime became evident, Bashar
Assad needed to shield himself from international retribution. ; In an effort to
buy time, the Syrian dictator announced that he would cancel ';emergency law'
which forbids demonstrations and limits free speech.
Assad's lack of credibility immunizes Syrian protesters to his "Taqiyya." ; No
deception will convince them that the Syrian president's intentions are good. ;
Ma'moun Homsi, a former Member of Syria's Parliament who has been jailed several
times for speaking out against the regime said recently, "The dictator is
gaining time and playing the propagandist, nothing more." ; In essence, ;Mr.
Assad simply replaced an outmoded tool, the state of emergency, with a
cutting-edge narrative referred to as "counter terrorism law." ; His own speech
indicts the so-called 'reformist' head of the regime ;who warned, "There will no
longer be ';an excuse' for organizing protests after Syria lifts emergency law
and implements the reforms." ; What part of ';reform' does the Syrian president
not understand?
When emergency law is lifted, it is ;so that protests can take place freely, not
the other way around. ; In fact, Assad's speech sought to gild the rapidly
tarnishing ;image of Damascus' ruling elite. ; Dozens of citizens, mostly youth,
have been killed by his hit teams and snipers since the beginning of April.
Reports have accused ;Bashar of importing Iranian and Hezb'allah's militias to
help suppress the protests. With such bloodshed, the regime ;has been
delegitimized and its leaders ;will eventually face Syrian or international
justice, no matter how long it takes, just as is the case in other Arab
countries ;where ;rulers ordered protesters killed.
Assad's flanking maneuver to attack the Syrian revolt's rear guard is not
reform. ; He never ;mentioned changing Article 8 of the Syrian Constitution
which states:
"The leading party in the society and the state is the Socialist Arab Baath
Party. ;It leads a patriotic and progressive front seeking to unify the
resources of the people's masses and place them at the service of the Arab
nation's goals."
The protesters main goal is to break the monopoly of Assad's ruling party. ;
There was never any mention of releasing all ;political detainees. Equally
important, there has been no dismantling of the existing security apparatuses;
and last but not least, there is no intention of ;revising the ;Syrian
Constitution. ; The only thing the dictator is doing is accusing imaginary
"foreign conspiracies" from Israel, the United States, Arab Sunni Governments
and Lebanon. ; His citizens do not buy his stories.
The demonstrators, mostly from civil society groups, were inspired by the
"Damascus Declaration" issued more than five years ago by dissidents, some of
whom remain in jail to this day. ; Most of the protesters are young males with
female protestors seen primarily on college campuses. ; Political movements who
oppose the regime (left wing, liberals and others) support the uprising but
aren't moving to the front of the protests for fear of being exposed. ; This
also applies to the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria, who are present on the streets
but prefer, for the time being, that others be seen as taking the lead. ;
The protests started initially in Dar'a in the south where most of the killing
took place. Gradually, they spread to cities in the north and finally Damascus.
The demonstrators are mainly Sunnis, Syria's numerical majority, but Kurds,
Christians, Druses and even Alawites (Assad's own ruling sect) have joined the
marches.
The regime is using security forces and militias to suppress the revolt. ;
Regular troops are only seeing limited involvement to avoid provoking troop
defections. ; In addition, Iran and Hezb'allah have permanent bases inside Syria
and have been supplying the Syrian regime with equipment to track and suppress
the communications of opposition groups who are organizing the demonstrations.
Despite the Assad regime's super police state, the masses will not retreat now.
; The demonstrators know all too well that the son of Hafez Assad will surpass
the Hama massacres if the revolt recedes. ; Bashar played his last card with
hollow promises of legal remedies rather than accept the principle of free
elections. ; The Syrian dictator's ';Taqiyya' didn't fool the people on the
streets; they are well acquainted with the regime's method which has been on
display against Syria's enemies for decades. ; Assad can't fool his own people;
he can only frustrate them further. ; Assad's psychological warfare on his own
people has failed and the revolt continues.
By Dr Walid Phares
American Thinker
Dr Walid Phares is the author of The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in
the Middle East and a professor of Global Strategies. http://www.walidphares.com
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