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flash gunner wrote:When's the next 'end of the world' lads?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/acros ... -2012-da14

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio becomes 266th Pope

72 hours of rumours that Assad is dead.

QuartzGooner wrote:72 hours of rumours that Assad is dead.

I saw that Quartz.
USA, UK motives?

Purely my speculation:

If Assad is dead then others need to keep things as calm as possible so that chemical weapons can be secured in the first instance, then so that each player can be as influential as possible with whoever next makes up the Syrian government.
Also a need to get the Russian troops out of there if need be without any fuss, or at least to secure their Syrian port at Tartus.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/28 ... black-sea/

If it is a false rumour then not sure why, can see no obvious advantage for anyone to spread it if Assad then comes out and denies it.
Possibly though there is uncertainty if Assad is alive or dead, or even still in Syria, so other countries are trying to smoke him out?

Been trying to figure out what he North Korean's are up to with this aggressive rhetoric.
We all suspect they have nuclear capability, most doubt they can deliver that to mainland USA.
I guess they are trying to play the "Mad Dog", a country seen by others as very spiky so best to leave well alone?

I agree Quartz. The mad fucker is all piss and wind however, should he send a missile to boom just off the eastern coast of USA, well.......

It seems that Hezbollah has got it's hands on some of Assad's chemical weapons.
Rumour is that the CIA, MI6 and Shin-Bet (Israeli counter intelligence) all agree on this.

I expect more British involvement in Syria to increase ASAP, with Special Forces on the ground, in addition to the Special Forces we have there already.

Not sure that any of this will be made public for a bit though, because of anti-war feeling over Iraq.

I once ate a chicken nugget with mayo rather than ketchup. Was ok, but not quite as good as with ketchup.

Aaah! but was it batter or breadcrumbs?

Apparently North Korea a run by a family of nut jobs....heard it somewhere on South Korea's version of Radio 4

OneBardGooner wrote:Aaah! but was it batter or breadcrumbs?

Breadcrumbs! I'm not a fucking animal!!

DB10

You'd wise to keep an eye on the Levant.

P.S. Batter?
For nuggets?
Breadcrumbs every time.

Never had you down as a peasant.

QuartzGooner wrote:DB10

You'd wise to keep an eye on the Levant.

P.S. Batter?
For nuggets?
Breadcrumbs every time.

Never had you down as a peasant.

I said Breadcrumbs...

Been keeping an eye on the Levant since 1975 dude.

QuartzGooner wrote: Shin-Bet (Israeli counter intelligence)

They the bookies who pop up during half time with Ray Winstone talking?