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Thursday, March 01, 2012
Portraits of Bashshar
The giant portraits of Bashshar Al-Asad and his father, Hafidh, are most repulsive. All stamps on envelopes from Syria carry the picture of Bashshar now (they used to carry picture of Hafidh). Those portraits induce a strong urge to burn them.