No doubt.
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"Ottawa issued travel visas to Syrian general's family
Relatives visited Montreal so hardliner's grandchild would be born Canadian citizen"
By MICHAEL DEN TANDT
Friday, June 24, 2005 Updated at 5:02 PM EDT
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "OTTAWA -- The daughter and daughter-in-law of a hard-line Syrian general have received visitor's visas from the Canadian embassy in Damascus to allow them to give birth in Canada and confer citizenship on the general's grandchildren, sources say.
Zeina Khair and her mother, Soha Tabaa, recently returned to Syria after a spring visit during which Ms. Khair delivered a baby girl, a Syrian source familiar with the situation said.
Montreal interior designer Maya Samaan sponsored the visit. "They're friends of mine, they happened to come here for a while, and they left," she said.
Ms. Khair is married to Majed Suleiman, the son of General Bahjat Suleiman. Until last week, Gen. Suleiman was chief of Syrian interior intelligence and one of the most powerful members of the country's dictatorial regime."