0
POPSAssad accuses extremists of targeting Syria As-Safir newspaper reported that Abed al-Ghani Jawhar, the leader of the recently-arrested “terrorist cell,” has not left the Akkar area of North Lebanon in the last 48 hours. One of the arrested members said that Jawhar had made calls to Syrian people during the last month and was in Damascus three days before the explosion on September 27, the paper said. The paper added that he came back to the North few hours after the explosion, which, it said, should encourage the two countries to increase their security coordination. http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=63112
1
POPSPresident Sarkozy Hosts Bastille Day Ceremony Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Syrian President Bashar Assad attend the Bastille Day ceremony on July 14, 2008 in Paris, France. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended the Champs-Elysees military parade, alongside other European, North African and Middle Eastern leaders, which has caused controversy due to Syria's tie to organisations classified as terrorist by the several countries.
1
POPSGeorge Bush and 'Sarko the American' To America's delight, Sarkozy has boosted troops in Afghanistan and is preparing France for a return to Nato's integrated command. This sparked Sarkozy's political opponents in France to rise up against what they warn is an "alignment" with Washington. Current topics of friction between Paris and Washington include Turkey's entry to the EU - Washington supports this but France continues to put spanners in the works - and climate change. Another awkward point is Sarkozy's warming of relations with Syria, which has already met a cautious reaction from the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. The Élysée palace announced this week that France has invited the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, to attend the July 14 Bastille day celebrations after a Mediterranean summit in Paris next month.
1
POPS The Presidential Primary Goes To Damascus But what can the US have in common with Syria, a key component of the axis of evil and the operational ally of Iran? As the NYS asks: Where is the sense of reality about who President Assad is and what his regime is all about? To suggest, as the Syrians report Mr. Brzezinski said, that they share some kind of common interest in respect of ‘stability’ is disingenuous…Where do they stand in respect of Syria — and why can't they bring themselves to explain what their advisers are doing in the capital of one of the countries most hostile to America and Israel? 'Realism' in Syria NYSun http://www.nysun.com/article/71373
1
POPSSyria NukeTidbits & Wonderings. Use Google Earth - http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/file_download/97/Syria+Sites.kmz This will take you right to the site on Google earth with the pictures currently in media (before) and the alternate site that looks similar.
3
POPSSyria Supports Turkey's Kurdistan Move The under-reported attrition against the Kurds by Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq (pre-invasion) over 30 years or so: another factor in the complex emerging in the middle east.
1
POPS Israeli's Raid---One Possible Explanation aviationweek.com Iran bought 29 of the Tor launchers from Russia for $750 million to guard its nuclear sites, and they were delivered in Jan., according to Agency France-Press and ITAR-TASS. Syrian press reports they were tested in February. They also are expected to form a formidable system when used with the longer-range S-300/SA-10 which Iran has been trying to buy from Russia. Syria has operated SA-6s for years and more recently has been negotiating with Russians for the Tor-M1. What systems were actually guarding the Syrian site are not known.
8
POPSIsrael admits air strike on Syria I believe I have the answer. Only recently Russia sold a new missile defence system to Iran and Syria. If the U.S. is going to invade Iran, they need to identify the capabilities of this new missile system. It is easier to strike Syria and build up a picture of what they are facing, this is good military sense. But bad news for the world if it is true. The U.S. military always softens up it's target with air strikes, I believe around or after Christmas it is going to kick off.
1
POPSUri Avnery: Frieden in Israel und Palästina - Krieg mit Syrien? (War Israel/Syria?)
Why do the media, in Israel and throughout the world, report "tension on the Northern border of Israel"? Why is the Israeli army frantically conducting maneuvers on the Golan? Why are there reports about a rapid upgrading of Syrian weaponry and the hectic building of fortifications against Israel? Why is the Turkish government offering urgent mediation between Israel and Syria? All very mysterious. It seems that the key to this mystery is not to be found in Jerusalem or Damascus, but in Washington. When Ehud Olmert refuses to respond to the serenades of Bashar al-Assad, he hints that President Bush is forbidding any contact with the Syrians. Last year, America pushed Israel into the war in Lebanon, obstructed an early cease-fire and, so it seemed, was interested in extending the war into Syria. Syria belongs, of course, to the "Axis of Evil" that exists in Bush's mind. Avnery: Miss C. (Media Monitors Network)
0
POPSThe ingratiating cringe America is now lurching toward a repeat of Vietnam and all the national neuroses that followed. The debate over Iraq is becoming less about how to win, than about how and when to lose. loosely united around their beliefs that the Iraq War is lost or not worth trying to win, that we have to accommodate ourselves to anti-Western thugs in the Middle East and that the United States today is a reckless, malign influence in the world. On one day this past week, the Caucus had two high-profile symbolic standard-bearers: the captured British sailors smiling and shaking hands [] and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meeting with the criminal Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, relaying an offer from the Israelis to negotiate, without mentioning that they want him to abandon terrorism first. Pelosi and the sailors thus demonstrated the Caucus' favorite posture: the ingratiating cringe.
4
POPSOlmert: Wanna Rumble? This can't be good, for anyone involved. This entire region seems to lack a very important skill lately: foresight.
2
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update