My Mother Just Went to Syria

[Seeker]

My mother once worked for the UNHCR, and as thanks for the help she has given them, was invited to a huge wedding in....SYRIA! All expenses, great food....sounded great.

Now I open apolyton and find that it's coming under the gun, so to speak...

I just hope Bush, Sharon, and Assad can stop being idiots long enough for the wedding to get on and be over.

[SlowwHand]

Why would anyone think Syria safe?

[Q Classic]

tell her to come back.

and that the wedding party should refrain from shooting guns into the air.

[Az]

and that the wedding party should refrain from shooting guns into the air.

fat chance for that.

[SlowwHand]

At any rate, here are prayers for her safety.

[Brundlefly]

Re: My Mother Just Went to Syria

Originally posted by Seeker

I just hope Bush, Sharon, and Assad can stop being idiots long enough for the wedding to get on and be over.

Well if they weren't invited to the wedding then why should they care to stop the shooting?

Will she bring you back a t-shirt that says "Syria" on it?

[Pekka]

She returns home safely.. odds are with her.. but I understand your worries, I'd be close to paranoia now if I was you . Though I am sure she's safe, I hope it stays that way too and that you get some peace of mind over this matter.

[Seeker]

"Why would anyone think Syria safe?"

We're Canadians.

[SlowwHand]

Oh, well hell. She's definitely in trouble then.
Everybody knows about you Canadians.

There are Iraqi's in Iraq. Some got killed by Hussein's actions.
Syria is little different.

[germanos]

Syria is a pretty big country, and also Damaskus is pretty much spread out, so the your mother is almost certainly OK.

Add that the Israeli's usually aim carefully in aerial attacks (I can speak from experience) you should not fear.

It would be nice though if Bush, Sharon, Assad and quite a few other idiots would stop being their natural selfes for as long as weddings take place anywhere in the region

[Datajack Franit]

I've been in Syria two times and there was nothing to worry about

[Myrddin]

Is there any country that a 'Poly member has not visited?

I would guess some of the Pacific micro-states

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
I've been in Syria two times and there was nothing to worry about

That's right, I know a couple of people who've been there recently and as long as you don't go into Palestinian camps or some place that could be confounded, there's nothing to worry about. A beautiful country, just don't care about politics.

[germanos]

Well, as long as there is no Israeli bullit/bomb with your name on it, even the Palestianian refugee-camps (which would be more apropriately (sp?) called (refugee-)suburbs) are as save to be in as anywhere in Syria.

As a matter of fact, when travelling in the near-east, the biggest threat you face when it comes to violence related to the Israeli/Arab conflict is from cross-border Israeli operations.

That is if your are cross-border from Israel, obviously.

disclaimer: does not aply to Israeli citizens, presumably.

[Dinner]

Syria should be pretty safe as long as you don't look obviously America/western, don't like Jewish or say anything pro-Jewish like "My neighbor is a nice Jewish lady" (Instead try telling them she is a evil zionist who enoys murdering Arab children as this will make you popular), and don't mention anything about Syrias appaling human rights record or their support of terrorism as this may get you in trouble with Asad's secret police.