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	Hafez al-Assad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Assad was born in Qardaha in western Syria as part of the minority Alawite community.
		Hafez al-Assad is buried together with Basil in a mausoleum in his hometown, Qardaha.
		Most of the al-Assad and Makhlouf families have also grown tremendously wealthy, and parts of that fortune has reached their Alawite tribe in Qardaha and its surroundings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hafez_al-Assad (2711 words)

	Hafez Assad's brother claims power: 6/13/00
		QARDAHA, Syria -- Here among the green hills where President Hafez Assad was born and spent much of his youth, somber preparations were under way Monday to welcome the late Syrian leader for the last time before he is laid to rest next to his eldest son.
		Assad, who died Saturday at the age of 69, was to be flown from there to the coastal city of Latakia and carried on a gun carriage to Qardaha, about 125 miles northwest of Damascus, for prayers and burial in the family cemetery.
		Today, Qardaha has modern homes and schools, as well as a large mosque Assad built and named for his mother, Na'isa.
	www.s-t.com /daily/06-00/06-13-00/a02wn008.htm (3506 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| A funeral from palace to village
		Qardaha will be the final resting place for President Assad, who died on Saturday after three decades of rule.
		The president will be buried in the family plot, near the grave of his eldest son Basil, who died in a car crash in 1994.
		Qardaha village was busy preparing for the funeral on Monday with the village being cleaned and decorated.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/787781.stm (453 words)

	Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their origins are to be found in the Latakia region of north-west Syria.
		Bashar's family is originally from Qardaha, just east of Latakia.
		Most of the al-Assad and Makhlouf families have also grown tremendously wealthy, and parts of that fortune have reached their Alawite tribe in Qardaha and its surroundings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bashar_al-Assad (1467 words)

	Hafez al-Assad
		(Qardaha, Syria 1930- Damascus 2000) President of Syria (1971-2000).
		All through his rule, he was the most valued ally of the Soviet Union in the Middle East, but he also became slightly more pro-Western in his last years in power.
		It is also a country with several scenarios of coming conflicts and even civil war, even if the transition of power to his son Bashar, turned out to be tranquil.
	i-cias.com /e.o/assad_hafiz.htm (1380 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Assad laid to rest
		His coffin was placed in the family mausoleum at Qardaha, watched by his son and heir-apparent Bashar, who was handed the Syrian flag which had been draped over the coffin throughout its long journey from Damascus.
		His coffin was carried on a gun carriage for the final part of the journey to Qardaha, about 200km (125 miles) north-west of the capital.
		Residents wept and ran towards the coffin as it arrived in the remote town, where President Assad was born into a peasant family 69 years ago.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_788000/788478.stm (644 words)

	CBS News \| Assad Laid To Rest \| June 15, 2000 14:55:30
		Emotions ran high as Assad's closed, flag-draped coffin was borne into the mosque he built to honor his mother in his hometown of Qardaha, 125 miles northwest of Damascus.
		After prayers at the mosque, Hafez Assad was entombed next to his eldest son Basil in a grand mausoleum on a hill overlooking Qardaha.
		In Damascus and Qardaha, hundreds of thousands of mourners were on the streets, waving portraits of both Assads, some fainting in the scorching heat.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/06/10/world/main204584.shtml (1014 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
		QARDAHA, Syria, June 13 — Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was buried in this Alawite village today after an outpouring of grief for a man whose unyielding brand of Arab nationalism won him the respect of friend and foe alike.
		QARDAHA, Syria, June 13 (Reuters) — Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was buried in this Alawite village today after an outpouring of grief for a man whose unyielding brand of Arab nationalism won him the respect of friend and foe alike.
		The funeral was as much a pledge of loyalty to Bashar as a ceremony to mourn Assad, who had groomed the British-trained ophthalmologist to succeed him after the death of his elder son, Basel, in a car crash in 1994.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000614/world.htm (2937 words)

	13 June 2000 : Syrians quietly mourn death of `great lion' Assad
		A mass reception is already planned at the airport and crowds are expected to line all the several km of the route to his hometown of Qardaha, a town that did not have even a paved road to the coast when Assad was born.
		In Qardaha, the body will be brought for prayers to the Naisa Mosque, a dignified structure erected to the memory of his strong-willed mother Naisa who died a decade ago.
		After the prayers, the body of Assad is to be taken for burial in the family cemetery, probably next to his eldest son Basel, who died in a car crash in 1994.
	www.kennesaw.edu /pols/3380/intnl/death.htm (850 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Syrian President Hafez al-Assad 1930-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Born October 6th, 1930 in the Syrian coastal hill village of Qardaha (some 120 miles from Damascus), Assad was the eldest son of poor but respected Alawite Muslim peasants.
		By the age of 16, Assad (whose surname is Arabic for "Lion") had already taken part in opposition actions against the French Occupation and joined the Baath Arab Socialist Party.
		Hafez al-Assad was buried June 12th, 2000 in his hometown of Qardaha.
	obits.com /assad.html (596 words)

	Syria's Alawis and Shi'ism by Martin Kramer
		Second, an Alawi conference held at Qardaha and Jabla submitted a petition to the French foreign ministry, stressing that "just as the Catholic, the Orthodox, and the Protestant are yet Christians, so the Alawi and Sunni are nevertheless Muslims."
		Rising from a poor Qardaha family, he played an important role in dismantling the old order and seized power by crushing an Alawi rival.
		These Qardaha gatherings are not open affairs, and it is impossible to determine the accuracy of this account.
	www.geocities.com /martinkramerorg/Alawis.htm (7663 words)

	CNN.com - World - Syrians, world leaders bid farewell to Hafez Assad - June 13, 2000
		Throngs of Syrians wept openly as Assad's casket was carried by military officers into the imposing blue-domed mausoleum where the man who had led Syria for 30 years before his death last Saturday was buried.
		Bashar Assad had accompanied his father's body on the flight from Damascus to the coastal city of Latakia, where it was later carried on a gun carriage to Qardaha, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of Damascus.
		Thousands of mourners holding pictures of Assad lined the route from Latakia to Qardaha's Nassa mosque, named after Assad's mother, where the coffin was laid for prayers before burial.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/06/13/syria.assad.05 (1145 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		QARDAHA, Syria, July 10 (AP)--The Alawite Muslims of Syria were once marginalized in religion, economics and politics.
		Since Assad's death on June 10, Alawites who may have feared backlash from Syria's Sunni Muslim majority are somewhat reassured to see another of their clan--his son Bashar--ascending to power.
		Today, key army units, the elite Republican Guards, security agencies and palace security are led by trusted Alawites from the Assad family or loyal clans.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/32/story_3245_1.html (649 words)

	scottymac.blogspot.com: October 30, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The closest I came to having an "issue" with American-ness, I believe, was last Tuesday when I was looking for a microbus that could take me to Qardaha, birthplace and burialplace of former president Hafez al-Assad.
		Finally he managed to convey to me that to get to Qardaha, I had to take one of these little buses that were all over the microbus lot.
		Qardaha's a little village up in the mountains.
	scottymac.blogspot.com /2005_10_30_scottymac_archive.html (1113 words)

	Assad Mourned From a Distance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There were politicians and military men aplenty from neighboring Lebanon, which Syria controls, along with the head of the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, Said Hasan Nasrallah, architect of the Syrian-backed guerrilla campaign that recently forced Israel to abandon southern Lebanon.
		But it was an emotional day for this country of 17 million, with thousands of fl-clad mourners pumping fists in the air and a few bloodying themselves with knives in a traditional Shiite Muslim display of devotion.
		By late afternoon in Qardaha, the poor mountain village where Assad began his rise through the ranks of Syria's military, the event seemed to become less controlled and more intimate.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/assdfun.htm (938 words)

	Syria (Spurl.net stream) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Snip: (Qardaha, Syria 1930- Damascus 2000) President of Syria (1971-2000).
		Snip: City in Syria with 320,000 inhabitants (2003 estimate), in the Hama province, on the Orontes River.
		Snip: (Qardaha, Syria 1930-) Syrian politician, brother of former President Hafez al-Assad, and uncle of active President Bashar al-Assad.
	stream.spurl.net /Syria?order=Atitle&direct=0 (589 words)

	Traveljournals.net - Qardaha, Al Ladhiqiyah, Syria - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
		Traveljournals.net - Qardaha, Al Ladhiqiyah, Syria - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
		/ Explore / Syria / Locations / Qardaha, Al Ladhiqiyah
		Maps and coordinates for Qardaha, Al Ladhiqiyah, Syria are approximative and not valid for navigation.
	www.traveljournals.net /explore/syria/map/m3504263/qardaha.html (74 words)

	The Beirut Spring: Empty Streets
		For the record, I have said the following:
		"I have no sympathy whatsoever for Qardaha’s (former) Lebanese henchmen and also agree that forceful action needs to be taken to have them arrested and prosecuted..."
		BUT Syria's past crimes don't exonerate Hariri and Jumblatt
	beirutspring.blogspot.com /2005/08/empty-streets.html (1291 words)

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