Syria Pulls Out a Third of Its Troops ~~ 10,000 troops ... mainly in the Bekaa Valley ...

Las Vegas Sun ^ | March 13, 2005 at 12:34:24 PST | DONNA ABU-NASR ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Modok]

They are going to sit on those WMDs until they hatch.

[Peach]

Okay. I went to the link and every single picture is anti-American. Anti-American signs and slogans. Frightening displays of strength in terms of the size of the demonstrators and Syrian military. I will not post them here. I think there were 10 pictures.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See this for a positive analysis:

WALID PHARES: Sign of Strength (Hezbollah demonstration)or Something Else?

Fox News ^ | March 10, 2005 | Brit Hume interview

[McGavin999]

Don't let it worry you Peach, it's not what it appears. Most of them were Syrians and people who were told to appear....or else. Hizbollah does have support in the Shiia community because they have provided a lot of charity work for people who are horribly poor, but even in the Shiia community, a lot don't support Hizbollah.

[Peach]

I sort of wondered about that, McGavin. Seeing that large display of "support" was discouraging, that's for sure.

Last week Charles Krauthammer was asked to comment about the large number of people who turned out to support Hezbollah. He said they provide social services and people like that.

I couldn't help but compare that to our Democrats. LOL

[madison10]

I hope they are keeping an eye on this valley. It has been rumored this is the place they buried the WMD from Iraq.

That's what I thought. If I were Syria & I knew bad stuff could happen to my troops if "someone" lobbed a high powered explosive into that valley, I'd skee-daddle, too.

[SunkenCiv]

Seems to me that 10,000 vs 10,000 doesn't represent much of a withdrawal. ;')

[UCANSEE2]

Leave? Bombproof underground shelters? Are you crazy? A huge storage of various bio/chem/nuclear weapons in fortified , armed bunkers. Why would they leave that?