In the mean time.. Syria

[lkwalker]

Mazen Darwish, a prominent activist who runs a group called the Syrian Media Center, confirmed at least 10 deaths in Daraa, the heart of the protests. Later, the human rights group Sawasiah said 24 had been killed, including two children.

A hospital near Daraa reported as having received 15 bullet-riddled bodies of slain villagers, a medical source told Reuters. The source at the hospital in Tafas, north west of the city, told Reuters 38 more villagers were injured. It was unknown whether it was from the same attack in Daraa.

Anyone here grow up with Syrian kids? I did. They should be treated this way by their own government?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42819032/ns ... tn_africa/

[Egg]

I was reading about this earlier. They'll get no help. The world is a pretty terrible place.

[Pigeon]

I didn't get the memo that indicated a requirement to care about Syria. Inter office mail is so slow...

[Egg]

Inter office mail is so slow...

Thant's being taken care of now.

[Royal]

https://www.cia.gov/library/publication ... os/sy.html

Syrian economic growth remained in the 4-5% range in 2008-10 even though the global economic crisis affected oil prices and the economies of Syria's key export partners and sources of investment. Damascus has implemented modest economic reforms in the past few years, including cutting lending interest rates, opening private banks, consolidating all of the multiple exchange rates, raising prices on some subsidized items, most notably gasoline and cement, and establishing the Damascus Stock Exchange - which began operations in 2009. In addition, President ASAD signed legislative decrees to encourage corporate ownership reform, and to allow the Central Bank to issue Treasury bills and bonds for government debt. Nevertheless, the economy remains highly controlled by the government. Long-run economic constraints include declining oil production, high unemployment, rising budget deficits, and increasing pressure on water supplies caused by heavy use in agriculture, rapid population growth, industrial expansion, and water pollution.

[Royal]

Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, cotton, lentils, chickpeas, olives, sugar beets; beef, mutton, eggs, poultry, milk

Industries:
petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, car assembly

Oil - production:

400,400 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33

No need for war here. Moving on...

What's the new princess wearing?