‘No Americans Allowed’; Syrian Restaurant

DAMASCUS, April 30 (IslamOnline) - The owner of a Syrian restaurant was not satisfied with telling every and each American that they were not allowed in. This made him put a huge sign on his restaurant’s front door reading, “No Americans allowed”.

Ahmed Diab, owner of Mondo Fast Food - designed in an American style - said that he considered “all Americans responsible for what is going on in Palestine, not just the U.S. diplomats”.

Early April, owner of another Syrian restaurant (Oxygen) told the U.S. consul to Syria that he was not welcome in her restaurant and sent him out.

Diab said that Palestinian children, women and men are killed and humiliated on a daily basis, thanks to American biased policies. “We cannot offer them food in our restaurants in return. Let the Americans feel our growing hatred because of their country’s hostile policies toward Arabs,” he added.

“No one questions U.S. aid, of all kinds, to Israel. So, we have every right to express our rejection to such policies in any way we see fit.”

Diab called on all Arab states and peoples to boycott U.S. products, dismiss U.S. ambassadors and consuls. He asserted that many of the Syrian businessmen he knows are changing their dealings from the U.S. dollar to the Euro currency.

Here's the REALLY ironic part...

Syria has been an intelligence asset to the US on terrorism.

Remember what Clinton arranged between Syria and Isreal in the Golan Give-away?

The US Angle (the US "Christmas Tree" which has made the difference):
The US Administration has finally succumbed to Assad's most critical demands, compensating him lavishly for his willingness to accept the entire Golan from Israel:
Syria would be taken off the List of Terrorist States, notwithstanding its unchanged relations with Terrorist States (Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, N. Korea, etc.) and the harboring and supporting of some 15 terror organizations from the Mideast, Asia, Latin America and Europe (Stay tuned for the next issue of "Global Patterns of Terrorism, issued annually by Foggy Bottom").
Syria would become a recipient of a long-term multi-billion $ foreign aid package, in addition to multi-billion $ loan guarantees and other form of financial assistance (The Admn assumes that a reluctant Congress will be, once again, forfeit the Power of The Purse as has been the case with foreign aid to the PLO).
Syria would become a recipient of a long-term multi-billion $ military aid package (The Admn assumes that euphoric ceremonies would suppress rational deliberations in Congress, which would subscribe to the simplistic notion that Assad would give up his regional and historical strategic goals in return for the 450sqm Golan).
*Syria would benefit from multi-billion $ technological and scientific transfers and exchanges (commercial and military).
The US Admn would, formally, legitimize Syrian take-over of its own "Province 19" ("Western Province"), Lebanon, which would traumatize the Hashemites in Jordan ("Southern Province" of Greater Syria).
The US Admn would either turn a blind eye to the continued operation of the Assad-controlled "Medeillin East" Heroine Trail, or will compensate Damascus financially for the loss of the multi-billion $ income.
The US Admn would either refrain from highlighting its objection to the Damascus-Iran Axis, or will compensate Damascus financially for the loss of Iranian funding (cash, crude oil and strategic clout).
The US Admn would persuade international financial organizations, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and other wealthy entities to extend foreign aid, loan guarantees and other form of financial assistance to Syria.
The US Admn would encourage, through a program of guarantees and other incentives, the US business community to invest in Syria.
Does Syria sponsor terrorism?
Most Americans Oppose Foreign Aid to Syria

An Anti-American Boycott Is Growing in the Arab World
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He went on: "They want to design detailed programs against specific goods and services that might involve the banking system, insurance, financial markets. They want to find some pressure points that can have an economic impact."
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No Americans Allowed," reads a yardlong wooden sign in the window of Mondo restaurant, incongruously an American-style diner decorated with icons like the Statue of Liberty. "The American people should feel that they have a problem," said Ahmed Diab, the 38-year-old owner.

Imagine Mondo is having a bit of a problem with his American decor and American fast food line.
Just out of curiosity, I looked up the Syrian Cuisine: There is a great diversity in Syria cuisine, which is reputed throughout the world. The best-known dishes are: Kibbeh, Meshwi, Hoummos, Tabbouleh, and Kounafa. {Never heard of this stuff in my corner of the world.]

hmmmm, okay I did a little research:
Kibbeh, a Lebanese dish made from freshly ground lamb and/or beef, spices and lots of mint, can be eaten baked, fried or even raw like a tartare. This baked version is kind of like a Middle Eastern style meatloaf.

I think that meshwi means it is kabab-ed; skewered grilled meat.

Taboulleh:1 cup bulgar wheat, 2 cups boiling water
Pour the boiling water over the wheat, cover and let stand for 1 hour. Remove the excess water by pressing the mixture in a fine sieve. (It seems to be used alot in salads. Apparently like a "cracked wheat salad".}(I think I have had this, or something similar.)

KOUNAFA pastry (shredded baked wheat dough filled with cheese, cream or pistachios, covered with syrup). *This does sound good!!!

It isn't that I wouldn't want to try or taste these foods, it's just that they made it sound like it was so well known all over the world... like KFC. Actually, I think some of this sounds pretty tasty!! Even the chicpea dip!!:)

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