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	Amarji - A Heretic's Blog
		This is the blog haven of Syrian author Ammar Abdulhamid, the place where he gets to express his thoughts and vent his frustration with regard to the ever so pretentious march of human folly.
		Indeed, in the early 90s, the Syrian authorities destroyed much of the old dwellings encroaching upon the old dwellings encroaching on the walls of the Umayyad mosque, including the cloister of the famous medieval philosopher Abu Hamid al-Ghazali.
		The Syrians of the Golan have the prospect of poverty and fleecing to look forward to when peace finally prevails, that is, if the Assads are the ones to be rewarded with it.
	amarji.blogspot.com (4244 words)

	"Syrian Workers in Lebanon: The Other Occupation" (February 2001)
		Their nemeses are not the Syrian soldiers who man checkpoints throughout the country, nor the plainclothes intelligence officers who monitor every public political gathering, but the 1.4 million penniless Syrian workers who have flooded into Lebanon in recent years and swept away the promise of a brighter future by virtually monopolizing many unskilled professions.
		Syrian workers had been a significant part of Lebanon's expatriot workforce prior to the outbreak of the civil war in 1975, but their presence had been strictly subject to Lebanese laws.
		In December 1996, a van carrying three Syrian workers from North Lebanon to Beirut was attacked by an armed gunman in a passing vehicle, killing the driver and injuring one of the passengers.
	www.meib.org /articles/0102_l1.htm (2568 words)

	Syrian Terrorism on Lebanese
		The Syrian occupation forces appointed a Lebanese collaborator as a president who formed a pro-Syrian government in Lebanon, while the legitimate prime minister of Lebanon was sent to exile in France.
		The Syrian army used its heaviest Soviet-made artillery, Especially these equipped with 240 and 160 millimetres canons, to pound both the East and the West sides of Beirut, on March 14, 1989, in a response to the exceptional support of the Lebanese people for their constitutional government.
		After the Syrians attempts to spark a sectarian conflict between Christians and Druze in Chouf region failed, rather that unified the Lebanese against the Syrian military interference in Lebanon, Syria assassinated the Druze leader Jounblat and followed that by killing 250 Christian civilians in the city.
	www.2la.org /lebanon/ee/terrorlb.htm (1791 words)

	Syrian Reform: What Lies Beneath - Middle East Quarterly
		When a Syrian is detained in the middle of the night, his or her relatives usually do not know which department ordered his or her detention, the reasons for imprisonment, or even where he or she is jailed.
		To Syrians, their society is symbolized not by the glories of the past but by the Sednaya prison and Baath party corruption.
		While the West knows Khalil for his role as a Syrian delegate to the 1996 Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations and the 2000 Shepherdstown talks,[13] he is better known within Syria for overseeing the Assad regime's relations with various Damascus-based Iraqi opposition and insurgent groups.
	www.meforum.org /article/683 (0 words)

	Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The defeat of the Syrians and Egyptians in the June 1967 war with Israel weakened the radical socialist regime established by the 1966 coup.
		Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon on April 26, 2005 under intense pressure from the Lebanese opposition and the international community.
		Syrian writers, many of whom immigrated to Egypt, played a crucial role in the nahda or Arab literary and cultural revival of the nineteenth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syria (6620 words)

	U.S.-Syrian Relations
		But he also explained that the Syrians needed to establish that they were prepared to play a constructive role in the search for regional peace before we could envision progress on these fronts.
		While the Syrian leadership publicly affirms its support for comprehensive peace in the Middle East and its desire to restart negotiations for the return of the Golan Heights, it continues to offer safehaven to Palestinian rejectionist groups whose terrorist actions undermine both progress toward President Bush’s two-state vision and the aspirations of the Palestinian people.
		With respect to Syrian cooperation against Al-Qaeda, this Administration has acknowledged that Syrian cooperation earlier in the war on terrorism was valuable and saved American lives.
	www.state.gov /p/nea/rls/rm/25772.htm (0 words)

	Syrian Baklava
		Furthermore, the numerous varieties of Syrian pistachios are in line for extinction due to urbanization and the spread of genetically altered variations.
		In terms of legal disputes on Syrian baklava and Aleppo pistachios, the three main concerns are: intellectual property, agricultural subsidies and import barriers, as well as health and safety in regards to cultivation and trading.
		The case study of Syrian Baklava is highlighted by its use of Aleppo Red Pistachio.
	www.american.edu /ted/baklava.htm (2668 words)

	"Implications of the Syrian Redeployment" (February-March 2003)
		By February 25, the Syrians had abandoned 10 positions in the Batroun region, 55 km (34 miles) north of Beirut, and four positions in the Koura region, 70 km (44 miles) north of the capital, while five other outposts in the Koura region were downsized.
		Like the partial withdrawal of Syrian troops from Beirut to eastern and northern Lebanon in June 2001 and from Mount Lebanon in April 2002, the redeployment was primarily intended to serve political objectives.
		The removal of most Syrian tanks, artillery and other heavy weapons from northern Lebanon leaves Syria's forces less exposed to Israeli air attacks, as most of its easy-to-target military assets are now concentrated in the Beqaa Valley of eastern Lebanon, where Syrian air defenses are strongest.
	www.meib.org /articles/0302_l1.htm (1140 words)

	Military of Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Syrian armed forces has also been involved in keeping the order in Syria, for example by fighting a Muslim Brotherhood insurrection in the 1980s (most notable for the Hama Massacre, in which the Syrian Army played a part).
		The unique part of the Syrian roundels is the presence of two green stars in the white circle, which is reflective of the two stars on the national flag.
		In 1948, the Syrian Air Force was officially established after the first class of pilots graduated from flight schools in Britain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Syria (1181 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Syria
		The Syrian Muslims are generally noble in bearing, polite in address, and profuse in hospitality; but they are regardless of truth, dishonest in their dealings, and immoral in their conduct.
		The liturgy of the Syrian Greek Orthodox is that of the Greek Church, and the liturgical language, Greek with a great deal of Arabic, which is the vernacular of all the Christians of Syria.
		The Syrian Jacobites were formerly very numerous and scattered all over Western Asia, Egypt, and India, having had in the twelfth and thirteen centuries as many as 20 metropolitans and 100 bishops or dioceses.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14399a.htm (7010 words)

	CNN.com - Last Syrian troops leave Lebanon - Apr 27, 2005
		About 400 Syrian and Lebanese forces assembled on the narrow parade grounds and were jointly reviewed by the chiefs of staff for each as dignitaries looked on.
		Syrian forces controlled much of the country's affairs for 29 years, but pressure came for them to withdraw after former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated February 14 in a car bombing.
		Syrians entered the country in 1976 as peacekeepers in the Lebanese civil war.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/04/26/lebanon/index.html (562 words)

	USATODAY.com - Syrian leader expected to announce partial troop pullback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad was expected to announce a troop pullback to eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border — but not a full withdrawal — in a speech Saturday to parliament, Syrian and Lebanese officials said Friday.
		Syria and pro-Syrian government of Lebanon defend the presence of Syrian forces as necessary to maintain stability and to counter the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
		Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem said Syrian and Lebanese leaders have agreed on an action plan for carrying out the Taif Accord, but he would not comment on a timetable or give further details.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-03-04-britain-syria_x.htm (1404 words)

	Syrian Intelligence Agencies
		Although the exact Syrian role was murky, in the mid-1980s, Syria's intelligence and security networks were strongly implicated in the support of Middle Eastern and other international terrorist groups in Western Europe.
		The firmest proof of Syrian sponsorship of terrorism occurred at the trials of Nizar Hindawi in Britain and his half-brother, Ahmad Hasi, in West Berlin.
		Syrian officials have publicly condemned international terrorism but continue to make a distinction between terrorism and what they consider to be the legitimate armed resistance of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and of Lebanese Hizballah.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/world/syria/intro.htm (2364 words)

	Syrian Catholic Church
		By this, the Syrian branch is allowed to retain its customs and rites, even when these differ from the traditions of the Roman church.
		Despite its name, the Syrian Catholic Church is today strongest in Iraq and Lebanon.
		18th century: The Syrian Catholics suffers from much persecution from the Ottoman rulers, as they considered the Syrian Orthodox to be the true Syrian Christians.
	i-cias.com /e.o/syr_cath.htm (345 words)

	Israeli - Syrian Shadow-Boxing
		Syrian radars already tracked the aircraft for quite some time, and once it entered the Syrian airspace, the local air defense command of the Syrian Arab Republic Air Force/Air Defense Force (SyAAF/ADF) brought a decision to scramble an interceptor and destroy the intruder.
		Although it is known, that at the given time the Syrian military was involved in several wargames during which certain new weapons systems were introduced, these were conducted far from the places where most of the incidents with Israeli reconnaissance aircraft happened.
		Namely, in July 2001 the then new Syrian President, Dr. Basheer Assad, was still struggling to establish his power basis, and had enough problems to keep the military under control, the leadership of which was several times fiercely requesting "more equivalent" reactions from the Syrian side than the "routine" missions flown by Maj. A.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_437.shtml (3822 words)

	Syria: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		In the east is the Syrian Desert and in the south is the Jebel Druze Range.
		Syrian forces met a series of reverses while participating in the Arab invasion of Palestine in 1948.
		Syrian troops frequently clashed with Israeli troops during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and remained thereafter as occupiers of large portions of Lebanon.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108016.html (1167 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. lauds Syrian forces in embassy attack - Sep 12, 2006
		The Syrians killed three attackers and apprehended a suspect outside the embassy after a car exploded near the walls of the American compound, the Syrian Information Ministry said.
		The Syrian forces met the attackers, and an embassy guard was killed battling them, the ministry said.
		The Syrian Information Ministry said none of the embassy staff was wounded and the building was not damaged.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/09/12/syria.embassy/index.html (811 words)

	USATODAY.com - Syria: U.S. troops killed Syrian soldier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Syrians organized the rare tour along the 370-mile border in an apparent attempt to mute U.S. and Iraqi criticism that Damascus had done too little to stop foreign fighters from slipping into Iraq to join the insurgency — a charge Damascus has denied.
		Amin, said the Syrian soldier was killed and two others were wounded near a machine gun emplacement on the roof of a border police station on the Syrian side of the village of Baghouz, which is split by a fence separating Syria and Iraq.
		Washington and Baghdad have long criticized the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad for not locking down the Syrian side of the border to Islamic extremists opposed to the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-10-28-syria-soldier_x.htm (586 words)

	FOXNews.com - Syrian Intel Agents Begin Exit From Lebanon - U.S. & World
		Syrian agents appeared to be preparing to leave their headquarters at Ramlet el-Baida on the edge of Beirut.
		Since the Syrian army withdrew from Beirut in 2000, the headquarters of Syrian military intelligence in Lebanon has been in the town of Anjar, a few kilometers (miles) from the Lebanese-Syrian border.
		Syrian laborers have been attacked and a bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad vandalized recently amid rising anti-Syrian sentiment sparked by the Feb. 14 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri (search).
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,150467,00.html (1429 words)

	SYRIAN HAMSTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Today all Syrian hamsters are derived from either the original group taken to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1930, or from the group taken in 1979 to the University of Texas-Houston.
		Syrian hamsters are most widely used in research involving chronobiology (study of temporal patterns in biology), endocrinology, and reproduction.
		This allows one to leave the female and her litter undisturbed until the pups are weaned at then end of the third week of life.
	www.il-st-acad-sci.org /mammals/hamster1.html (337 words)

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		Exclusive: In conversation in Damascus, senior Syrian journalist tells about sentiments in Syria ('as if there will be war any moment'); talks about military preparations in his country ('identifying your reinforcements in Golan Heights'); and estimates that Israeli pounding in Lebanon to intensify grassroots support of Nasrallah and his organization.
		The Syrian journalist also claims that the nature of the explosions testify to the fact that the trucks were not carrying rockets, ammunition, or explosives.
		Syrian television was the first to photograph this explosion.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3282279,00.html (1364 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: West Syrian Rite
		The rite used by the Jacobite sect in Syria and by the Catholic Syrians is in its origin simply the old rite of Antioch in the Syriac language.
		In the seven kept for Syrian Catholic use what alterations have been made chiefly the omission of redundant prayers, simplication of confused parts in which the Diaconicum and the Euchologion had become mixed together.
		The Maronite Rite is merely a Romanized adaptation of that of the West Syrians.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14417a.htm (1664 words)

	Syrians
		Syrian or GOLDEN Hamsters are one of the most popular of small pets.
		The fl Syrian hamster is in great demand and many area's of the USA have already seen this happen.
		of the Syrian Golden Hamster are Teddy Bear or Angora for long hairs, and banded for those with white markings on the mid section, and "dalmation" for fl hamster hamsters with the white dominate spot gene.
	www.geocities.com /therodentguy/Syrians.html (453 words)

	The Syrian Bride (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Syrian bride revolves around Amal, a Druze woman in Majd Alshams, a pro-Syrian village that is located in the Golan heights (I'll get into the pro-Syrian and pro-Israeli Druze villages later on).
		Amal is about to marry a local Syrian celebrity, whom she saw only in the soap-comedy he stars in.
		The family's inner "demons" cease to be its major problem when upon escorting the bride to the border, the family faces the weenie Israeli bureaucrat and the ridiculously stubborn Syrian bureaucrat preventing the bride from crossing the border and uniting with her future husband.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0423310 (604 words)

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