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Syrian Stockholm Syndrome

Published January 8th, 2012 - 12:24 GMT

A Lebanese blogger gives his prognosis on the situation in Syria; Twitter: Welcome to the jungle; Is Qatar playing the role of peace-keeper with the Taliban? ; The US Ambassador in Yemen sticks his foot in his mouth.
Syria is still at the mercy of
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Lebanon Spring [2]
Syria’s diagnosis: Stockholm Syndrome
Syria has been described as being held hostage by its current regime. Yet, Zak from Lebanon has taken it a step further by giving his own diagnosis on some Bashar-loving Syrian citizens: Stockholm Syndrome. "Moreover, Wikipedia quotes the FBI’s Hostage Barricade Database System which shows that roughly 27% of victims show evidence of Stockholm Syndrome. We can then conclude that 73% of Syria’s population are currently protesting or taking a stand against the regime."
Jordanoholic [3]
A Jordanian twitter jungle
At best, the Internet is chaos. According to this Jordanian blogger, the messy world of Twitter is a jungle. It can easily switch from being the "window for the rest of the world" to glorious trolling torment. And the jungle is full of trolls! Consider yourself warned.
The Gulf Blog [4]
The Taliban and Qatar
With the shifting role of US involvement in the region, the Taliban finds itself in a new place within the Middle Eastern political arena. And in this case, Qatar might be trying to play the role of peace-keeper by giving the Taliban a place to set up its new official headquarters. "Overall, while this move is certainly a step towards brokering some kind of peace in Afghanistan, opening up far greater possibilities of meaningful interaction between all sides, it is but the first step along a long and winding road."
The Angry Arab News Service [5]
US ambassador in Yemen
The Angry Arab News Services has give us all a bit of news to prompt the desire that US ambassadors should use their words more wisely. Also, it is advised not to peace march to the White House- ever. "Being peaceful isn't just about not carrying weapons. If 2,000 people decided to march on the White House, we wouldn't consider it peaceful and we wouldn't permit it."
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[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://lebanonspring.com/2012/01/07/syria-diagnosis-stockholm-syndrome-72-protesting-bashar-assad-hafez-worship/
[3] http://www.jordanoholic.com/blog/society/jordanian-twitter-jungle
[4] http://thegulfblog.com/2012/01/04/the-taliban-and-qatar/
[5] http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-ambassador-in-yemen.html