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Former Syrian Vice President: Assad Is A Joke
YnetNews ^ | September 20, 2007 | Roee Nahmias

Posted on 09/21/2007 4:12:21 AM PDT by Fennie

Exiled Syrian opposition leader Abdul Halim Khaddam says President Bashar Assad is "incapable of defending the country". He condemns Syria-Iran collaboration, and notes that last week's IAF infiltration was "one of many" which Syrian regime opts to keep silent about.

Syrian President Bashar Assad "is a child, he's simply a joke," Abdul Halim Khaddam, the nation's former vice president, said Thursday.

"Iran aspires to regional hegemony," he said. "Syria's ties to Iran will make it one of the battlefields in the struggle (between Iran and the West) - and for issues that have nothing to do with Syria's national interests. Therefore, in our opinion it is dangerous to link Syria with Iranian policy, whose results have been Arab and international isolation...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; israel; military; syria; waronterror

1 posted on 09/21/2007 4:12:23 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie
If Assad’s a joke... why isn’t this muzzie laughing in his Damascus living room?
2 posted on 09/21/2007 4:19:43 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: johnny7

Nancy Pelosi certainly got in there easily!


3 posted on 09/21/2007 11:11:44 AM PDT by mallardx
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The Burqa Girl keyword, newest to oldest:
4 posted on 07/28/2012 11:51:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Note: this topic is from September 21, 2007.
Thanks Fennie.
5 posted on 07/28/2012 12:28:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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