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30Nov/08

Something to Hide

former MP Riad Seif, imprisoned again

Sunday, 30 November 2008 02:09 Nir Boms&David Keyes , Intrest

A British Ambassador in Teheran once explained the logic of the Middle East as follows: “What I say does not definitely reflect what I think. What I do does not necessary reflect what I say. Therefore, not everything that I do necessary contradicts everything that I think. ”This twisted logic may help explain the latest sequence of events in Syria and the apparent gap between the regime’s words and deeds.  Despite softening rhetoric and occasional signs of rapprochement with the West, President Bashar al-Assad still has a lot to hide—and fear.

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