Tag Archives: syria

Hack Attack

Posted on April 24, 2013 by twitmericks

There once were some Syrian hackersFanatical government backersWhose tweet on ObamaProvoked market dramaAnd booted AP in the knackers. ///http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/hacked-a-p-twitter-feed-sends-erroneous-message-about-explosions-at-white-house/ There once were some Syrian hackersFanatical government backersWhose tweet on ObamaProvoked market dramaAnd booted AP in the knackers. — Mick Twister … Continue reading →

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No Damascene Conversion

Posted on January 6, 2013 by twitmericks

President Bashar Assad/ Said serious talks must be had/ But not with the haters/ And western-backed traitors/ Or anyone he says is bad. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20924452 President Bashar #Assad/Said serious talks must be had/But not with the haters/And western-backed traitors/Or anyone he … Continue reading →

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Kick-Assad Envoy Required

Posted on August 18, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old man from Algeria/ Who fitted the UN’s criteria/ To reboot the plan/ Left by Kofi Annan/ I.e. kick it up the posterior.  //// http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/18/uk-syria-crisis-idUKBRE86H18C20120818

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Kofi’s Mission Impossible

Posted on August 2, 2012 by twitmericks

The peace envoy Kofi Annan/ Abandoned his Syria plan/ He called for transition/ But not through his mission/ You got a plan B, Mr Ban? ///http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d45f256-dcb3-11e1-a304-00144feab49a.html#axzz22OcPTJKJ

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Man Without a Mission

Posted on July 12, 2012 by twitmericks

Syria’s man in Baghdad/ Abandoned his leader Assad/ He’s quitting his mission/ His party position/ And ambassadorial pad. //// http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/2012711205055855.html

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A Damascene Conversion

Posted on July 6, 2012 by twitmericks

President Bashar Assad/ Is losing the few  friends he had/ A highly connected/ Commander defected/ On seeing his leader was bad. /// http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9382417/Syrian-general-defection-seen-as-sign-Bashar-al-Assads-grip-is-slipping.html

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Blue Moon Over Syria

Posted on June 8, 2012 by twitmericks

UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-Moon/ Says Assad must now change his tune/ Or Kofi Annan/ And his six-point peace plan/ Are going to be history soon. //// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18363286

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UN-Believable

Posted on May 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old leader in Zim/ The UN gave status to him/ Next thing they’ll make Assad a/ Tourist ambassador/ Like old #Mugabe, the crim.  /// http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/2012/05/30/anger-at-uns-appointment-of-mugabe-as-tourism-envoy/

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Diplo Ruckus

Posted on May 29, 2012 by twitmericks

The Syrian envoys’ expulsion/ Conveys international revulsion/ At killings in Houla/ But swaying a ruler/ Does tend to take stronger compulsion.  /// http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9297992/Syrian-diplomats-expelled-in-coordinated-Western-action.html

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Don’t Stand by Your Man

Posted on April 18, 2012 by twitmericks

Damascene lass Asma Assad ‘as/ Been told by the wives of ambassadors/ To sort out her man/ And get with the plan/ As Syria gets yet more hazardous. // http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/video-un-wives-call-on-asma-assad-to-intervene-in-syria-crisis-7657831.html

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