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To: michael97123 who wrote (192117)	7/19/2006 11:21:46 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Assad is a secular guy and his relationshp with hizbollah is tactical not strategic. But Assad is not his father. And I think his hold on power in Syria is tenuous at best. The only thing keeping him there is that he provides a unifying element within the Ba'thist party due to the patronage of his father's legacy. He's also facing increasing pressure from the Muslim Brotherhood, a party that is technically banned in Syria, but represents the fact that 90% of Syria is Sunni, while Assad and the elite are Alawite. aina.org Hawk