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Bashar al-Assad: The Nobel Peace Prize should have been mine
The Telegraph ^ | 14 Oct 2013 | Ruth Sherlock

Posted on 10/15/2013 8:55:59 AM PDT by honestabe010

Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, has joked that he deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize after it was awarded to the international weapons watchdog currently destroying his regime's massive chemical arsenal. The prize, which was given to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Friday, "should have been mine," he said.

The remark, which the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar quoted, was made "jokingly" during a recent meeting with visitors at the presidential palace, the newspaper said. However, it might be viewed as inappropriate when uttered by a president whose civil war has already cost more than 115,000 lives. A chemical weapons attack in Damascus in August, widely blamed on the Syrian government, reportedly killed more than 1,200 people.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assad; kerry; obama; syria

1 posted on 10/15/2013 8:55:59 AM PDT by honestabe010
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To: honestabe010

He deserves it more than Obama, that’s for sure.


2 posted on 10/15/2013 8:56:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: honestabe010

I agree. After all Arafat and Obama got one. Why not Asad?


3 posted on 10/15/2013 8:57:25 AM PDT by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: honestabe010
"Yeah, I Know! I Know! ...I Should Give You My Peace Prize."

................................................................................................................................................."You Bet Your Ass!!"

5 posted on 10/15/2013 9:10:20 AM PDT by TexasCajun (Creepy-Ass Cracka -- Don't Call Me Cracker)
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To: honestabe010


6 posted on 10/15/2013 9:17:16 AM PDT by Iron Munro (When a killer screams 'Allahu Akbar' you don't need to be mystified about a motive.)
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To: Obadiah

we’re not the only country with a delusional leader


7 posted on 10/15/2013 9:17:26 AM PDT by PACAP1
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To: Obadiah

I agree as well!!


8 posted on 10/15/2013 9:26:51 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: honestabe010

If it is good enough for Arafat and Bambi it’s good enough for Assad.


9 posted on 10/15/2013 11:41:17 AM PDT by 353FMG ( I don't say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

It would have been in keeping with the high standards of the Nobel committee.

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10 posted on 10/15/2013 5:50:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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