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Secrets of Assassins' fort unearthed in Syria
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7-13-2007 8:48 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3848d132-2fe0-4bc3-84c9-f4b4fe5e8f7f/F400AA08-9113-469A-A9B2-38D25301C5BB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1"><H1> <DIV class="source"> <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=AiO6mct08ZgcQ8iOGVtLcfUiANEA/*http://www.reuters.com"><IMG width="120" height="26" border="0" alt="Reuters" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/p/reuters120.gif" /></A> </DIV> Secrets of Assassins' fort unearthed in Syria </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/02C4ABE7-3FFF-4A48-A38C-F1FA7BFDF8C5" alt="Two boys pull a gas container along a road near the citadel of Masyaf in western Syria July 5, 2007. Nestled at the foot of Syria's coastal mountains, an ancient citadel has been put on the tourist map by restoration and excavation that revealed mysteries of the medieval Assassins sect, once based here. (Tom Perry/Reuters)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1"><P> MASYAF, Syria (Reuters) - Nestled at the foot of Syria's coastal mountains, an ancient citadel has been put on the tourist map by restoration and excavation that revealed mysteries of the medieval Assassins sect, once based here. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1"><P>Saladin, the great Muslim leader, laid siege to Masyaf castle in the 12th century. But he thought twice before launching an assault on the Assassins, who had a reputation for mounting daring operations to slay their foes.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1"><P>"Anyone who tried to take the Assassins' castle would be dead the next day," said Haytham Ali Hasan, an archaeologist involved in the restoration project.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1"><P>Tons of debris have been cleared from the site since 2000, allowing researchers to learn more about the citadel's secretive occupants.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070713/sc_nm/syria_castle_assassins_dc_1">The Assassins were led by Rashid Al-Din Sinan, also known as "The Old Man of the Mountain." 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