More on Tlas

Post #14,079 by altmann 10/18/01 10:46:08 PM Reply	More on Tlas [link\|http://www.theestimate.com/public/081399b.html\|Some background] on Tlas and a quote: As Defense Minister for the past 27 years, Tlas has never been particularly silent. He has published numerous books, and interviews given to the Arab press have often sparked controversy. There is a school of thought which sees Tlas as the aforementioned loose cannon, a clownish figure tolerated because of his longstanding ties to the President, and a man with little real power vis-\ufffd-vis the powerful \ufffdAlawite generals. But there are also those who believe Tlas\ufffd reputation for outrageous statements is deliberately used to convey certain messages which would be inappropriate coming from the President or the Foreign Minister. -- Chris Altmann
Post #14,099 by Ashton 10/19/01 12:20:07 AM Reply	Thanks - useful perspective for tomorrow, as Syria et al try to explain how it was that some 20ish Wahhabis were so brilliantly brainwashed, kept that way for x years, learned to steer a jet - and died for Israel.. with Allah on their lips (cockpit xmission IIRC). I suppose that the only ones rejoicing locally over this nascent event - are the ones yearning for that Armageddon thing, all a hopin to get raptured out so's to watch the show from an airy perspective - nodding heads, smugly. I'd prefer the explanation you uncovered - otherwise the silliness-Q of the entire species takes another hit, and religious inculcation of the young looks more and more like a form of aflatoxin - as well as the usual child abuse. Bad time for visiting civilized planets, with a Terra visa.. A.
Post #14,194 by mmoffitt 10/19/01 2:39:52 PM Reply	CVR tapes available? To whom, where? Or were you citing a report somewhere? "with Allah on their lips (cockpit xmission IIRC)."
Post #14,213 by Ashton 10/19/01 4:01:28 PM Reply	Just vague memory of things heard amidst it all, that 'Allah' was a part of some of the phrases where a pilot kept mic keyed - "a struggle in cockpit" was 'heard', IIRC by air controller = recorded on his tapes. I suspect that these sounds are out there somewhere, but haven't much of a clue how to locate either a transcript or audio.. A.

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