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Over 97% of Syrian voters back Bashar Assad for new seven-year mandate
al Bawaba ^
| May 29 2007
Posted on 05/29/2007 2:25:28 PM PDT by knighthawk
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won a new seven-year mandate after winning more than 97 percent of the vote in a referendum, the interior minister announced on Tuesday.
According to AFP, Bassam Abdel Majid told a press conference that Assad, 41, won a massive 97.62 percent of the vote in Sunday's referendum, with more than 11 million Syrians responding with a "yes". "No" voters numbered 19,653, while almost 253,000 votes were void, Abdel Majid conveyed.
The voters were asked whether they "approve the candidacy of Dr Bashar al-Assad for the post of president of the republic." About 12 million Syrians were eligible to vote.
In July 2000, he was the sole candidate to succeed his father Hafez and official result then showed that Bashar received 97.29 percent of voter support.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assad; syria
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To: glorgau
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posted on
05/29/2007 2:52:06 PM PDT
by
an amused spectator
(Gun Control, the Sequel: More and Morerer)
To: knighthawk
Ahh, democracy in action, Latin American style. Coming to a neighborhood near yours when amnesty is passed.
CALL! CALL! CALL! CALL! AND KEEP CALLING TILL THE LINES FRY!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! TILL YOU RUN OUT OF INK IN YOUR PEN!
Bombard the Democrats as well, especially the ones that ran on an anti illegal immigration plank and the ones in marginal districts who could be vulnerable. keep pounding on them.
STOP AMNESTY NOW!! WE CAN DO IT!!
The best way to stop Shamnesty
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:02:35 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: All
I heard Al-Qaeda election coverage was critical of Assad for winning only 97% of vote.
“This is not very promising” said Tehror Al-Rist, Al-Qaeda political reporter “His father(Hafez)would never settle for less than 100% of vote”
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:13:17 PM PDT
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Illegal Alien Amnesty Is Anti-American)
To: jbwbubba
Boy those 3% are in a world of trouble!! Oh, wait they meant to vote for Assad but were tricked into voting for Pat Buchanan.Trick, what trick? Thats your 3% who view Assad as too soft on Israel.
;-)
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:16:15 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: Cicero
they have to stone and behead 19,653 people. It will take a pretty big pit to bury them in. They'll just throw them in the Euphrates, then claim the Americans killed them when they float down to Iraq.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:25:35 PM PDT
by
El Gato
(The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: knighthawk
Look for the other 3 percent to mysteriously disappear.
To: Cicero
That means they have to stone and behead 19,653 people. It will take a pretty big pit to bury them in.
"What for? Birds gotta eat as well as worms..."
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:48:08 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: knighthawk
I admire those who had the nerve to vote against him.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:58:05 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Is there any extra food around here anywhere?")
To: txroadkill
...during the "elections" someone came to his house and told him who he was voting for. He said he never voted, but after each election the party officials would run ads in the news papers thanking those who voted for them and then list all their names, his name was on the list every time. Sounds like America after Hillary's 4th presidential re-election...
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posted on
05/29/2007 4:04:43 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
To: knighthawk
The other 3% are on the waiting list - to be shot.
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posted on
05/29/2007 4:05:34 PM PDT
by
reg45
To: knighthawk
I’m shocked that he has so much opposition. Perhaps Nancy Pelosi was wise to ignore the dissidents. //S
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posted on
05/29/2007 4:35:21 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Al Qaeda knows Iraq's strategic value, yet the Democrats work day and night for our defeat there.)
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