Epstein Secrets

tion!" And I say: Don't bet on it. Look at Syria. Assad has massacred 200,000 of his own people - with ta

he focal interest is the struggle against radical Islamic terrorism and against Iran's hegemonic and nuclea

something really grave happens (Iran for example) - the US will not stand by. The world will take action!" And I say: Don't bet on it. Look at Syria. Assad has massacred 200,000 of his own people - with tanks, artillery, fighter jets, even chemical weapons - and the world did not lift a finger. HOUSE _OV

n by the Muslim Brothers. Beginning in 1977, this Islamic group had launched a series of terrorist attacks

cal life and for that of the regime put in place in 1970 by his father, the late President Hafez al-Assad. Forty-one years in power The rule of the Assads, father and son, has now lasted 41 years, a score comparable to that of other long-lasting Arab autocrats, each apparently determined to be a préside

Arab autocrats, each apparently determined to be a président-a-vie. In no other part of the world have so many rulers clung so assiduously to power. Bashar appears genuinely to have believed that the Arab nationalist ideology he inherited, his opposition to Israel and his support for resistance movements

tly financed a London-based network of Bashar’s opponents to the tune of $12m between 2005 and 2010. A continuous whole It is probably fair to view Bashar al-Assad’s term of office and that of his father as a single continuous whole. Not only did Hafez al-Assad decide that Bashar should succeed him, but he also be

happen before too long. TB: What about Syria? DP: Assad's power is steadily diminishing and I cannot see

think indisputable reversal. We're all talking about Islam and its laws now. TB: At the same time you have raised an odd question: "Can Islam survive Islamism?" Can you explain that? DP: I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driv

IGHT_028748 --- PAGE BREAK --- states, such as Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. I think it is likely to happen before too long. TB: What about Syria? DP: Assad's power is steadily diminishing and I cannot see how his regime will remain long in power. TB: Should the United States get involved there? DP: No, A

hink indisputable reversal. We’re all talking about Islam and its laws now. TB: At the same time you have raised an odd question: “Can Islam survive Islamism?” Can you explain that? DP: I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is dri

HT_027122 --- PAGE BREAK --- states, such as Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. I think it is likely to happen before too long. TB: What about Syria? DP: Assad’s power is steadily diminishing and I cannot see how his regime will remain long in power. TB: Should the United States get involved there? DP: No,