Posted on 12/24/2007 3:35:13 PM PST by knighthawk
Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported in its Monday headline that about threats from Syria to Spain demanding that the alleged arms dealer Monzer Al Kassar will not be extradited to the United States. The paper said that one of the Syrian messages was sent to the head of the CNI, Spanish secret service, threatening they would not look the other way if the extradition takes place.
"If you think we are going to ignore the affront inflicted by north-American henchmen on our brother (Kassar), you don't really know us and [you] are no friends of the Syrian people," the paper quoted the Syrian side as saying.
A Spanish police document indicated that Syrian General Assef Shawkat, the brother-in-law to Syrian President Bashar Assad, has warned the Spanish Foreign Minsiter, Miguel Angel Moratinos that it is not the Americans who are protecting Spanish troops in Lebanon, and such protection could disappear. Some 1,100 Spanish troops serve in the UN interim force in Lebanon deployed following the summer 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah. Six Spanish soldiers were killed during a bombing there in June.
The 62 year old Al-Kassar was born in Syria and is also known as the "Prince of Marbella." He has been accused of arming Iraqis, the Contras and Somalian warlords.
The paper said the cabinet will decide on whether the extradition will take place on Friday.
Ping
Could the Syrians act more like an organized crime syndicate if they tried?
Sounds to me like we all collectively need to open up a can of whoop-a@@ on those boneheads in Syria.
A big-ole can’o whoop-a@@
What are the Syrians going to do, support terrorism? That will show the world! /s
Wasn’t it Nancy Pelosi who told us that Syria wanted to be a partner in ‘peace’?
Just one 15-mega Tonne can is all
Wasn’t it Nancy Pelosi who told us that Syria wanted to be a partner in ‘peace’?
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Take your pick:
(1) Stupid
(2) Liar
(3) Anti-American Socialist
(4) All of the above
Syrians are worthless turds. Huffing and puffing until somebody kicks their asses. Takes about a half hour. Less if you don’t take a smoke break.
My opinion.
I give Spain better than even odds that they cow-tow to the Syrian threat rather than cough up the arms dealing pig to us.
Merry Christmas knighthawk!
yitbos
I doubt that anybody here accepts it as “fact” any more than they accept everything that the NYT says as “fact” - but there is a certain “truthiness” to it, so why not play along?
Syria will nationalize the Spanish oil facilities.
“Just one 15-mega Tonne can is all”
And the sound of that can opening is BOOM - at about a Gazillion decibels......
Post-muslim Spain? Yet another challenge for their wimpy leader.
My Christmas wish for Zapatero - Cojones.
The Islamics have never forgotten the humiliation they received at the hands of Crusaders when the the Crusaders aggressively drove the people of Allah from the area they now call Spain. Out of land that had always been Muslim lands and in fact, was part of the Historical Palestine! Since about 8,0000 years ago! Allah rassul shizzle!
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