> After an Islamist uprising in the spring of '82 in El Hama,
>Syria, Assad, Sr. had the air force do some carpet bombing. Twenty
>thousand were killed., according to pg. 174 of , "Right To Exist, "
>by Yaacov Lozowick. Other estimates are higher.
>A google hit, http://www.google.com/search?q=El+Hama+1982+Assad
>http://www.2la.org/lebanon/ee/terrorsy.htm
>The following is part of the horrific testimony of one survivor:
What's the point of this sort of thing, Michael? No one's ever claimed Assad's regime was admirable. It's usually invoked as some sort of back-door apologetics for Israeli policy. I might remind you that, unlike Syria, Israel does its violent work with U.S. arms, money, and support.
Doug