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From: elie@hdtv.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Syria, President Bush and Drugs -- the Administration's Next Iraqgate
Date: 23 Dec 92 13:50:18 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.


Hello, I am back in NJ for Christmas, and I had this document in my mailbox.

Subcommittee Staff Report
Syria, President Bush and Drugs
-- the Administration's Next Iraqgate --
November 23, 1992[1]

[1]Chairman Charles E. Schumer of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee
on Crime and Criminal Justice directed the Subcommittee majority staff
to prepare this report. This report has not been reviewed or approved
by other Members of the Subcommittee.

Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
I.  Introduction: Origin and Methodology of Report
II. Heroin is an Increasing Drug Problem for the US and Heroin produced
      in Syrian-Occupied Lebanon Is a Significant Part of that Problem
III.By Virtue of Its Substantial Military Presence, Syria Plays a Dominant
      Role in all Facets of Lebanese Life Including Drug Trafficking
IV. How the Drug Trade in Lebanon Operates Today
V.  High-Level Representatives of the Syrian Government Are Extensively
      Involved in the Lebanese Drug Trade
            1. Monser al-Kassar
            2. Rifaat Assad
            3. Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass
            4. General Ali Dubah
            5. General Ghazi Kenaan
VI. Syrian Military and Diplomatic Officials Have Been Repeatedly Linked
       to Drug Trafficking During the Last Ten Years.
VII.Syrian Links to South American Drug Traffickers
       A. Syrian Connections to Argentina
            1. Ibrahim Haj Ibrahim
            2. Monser al-Kassar
       B. Syrian Connections to Colombian Traffickers
       C. Syrian Links to South American Narco-Terrorists
VIII.Syrian Eradication Efforts Are Not Genuine
IX. The Syrian Government, as an Institution, Receives As Much As $1Billion
       a year in Drug Profits
       A. Direct Benefits: From Its Involvement in the Lebanese Drug Trade,
              the Syrian Government Receives 350$Million to $1Billion in 
              Revenues a Year
       B. The Syrian Government Also Receives Some Important, Indirect 
              Benefits from Its Involvement in the Lebanese Drug Trade
X.  Conclusions
       A. The Administration Acknowledges that Some Syrian Officials Are
              Involved with the Lebanese Drug Trade, But Virtually Ignores
              the Fact that the Government of Syria, and the Syrian Army,
              Are Two Institutions Directly Supported By Selling Drugs
       B. The Administration Refuses to Recognize Overwhelming EWvidence and
              Admit that the Syrian Government Benefits from the Bekaa
              Valley Drug Trade
       C. The Time for Merely "Diplomatic Dialogue" on this Issue Has Long 
              Since Passed
       D. The US Govt. Must Aggressively Prosecute Syrian Government Officials
              for Their Role in the Lebanese Drug Trade

Appendix A - Map of Lebanon
Appendix B - Southwest Asian Heroin Trafficking Patterns and Prices
Appendix C - Wholesale Heroin Prices , FY 1991
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: fahs@ecf.toronto.edu (FAHS Samir M)
Subject: Re: Palestinian deportees turned back by Lebanese
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:45:57 GMT



The discussion which has taken place under the above subject title is
becoming unnecessarily a bit aggressive.

Seeing that Mr. Kamprath, since his articles started appearing on this forum,
has not displayed any antagonsitic views on the general issues discussed
on this newsgroup, or more importantly on issues of great sensitivity
and concern to many of us, it would have been more reasonable to have
given him the benefit of the doubt in his inquiry; if there was  any.



Samir M. Fahs



Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: elie@sensors.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Syria, President Bush and Drugs -- the Administration's Next Iraqgate
Date: 25 Dec 92 13:01:52 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Dec23.135018.25705@njitgw.njit.edu> elie@hdtv.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad) writes:
>
>Hello, I am back in NJ for Christmas, and I had this document in my mailbox.
>
>Subcommittee Staff Report
>Syria, President Bush and Drugs
>-- the Administration's Next Iraqgate --
>November 23, 1992[1]
>
>[1]Chairman Charles E. Schumer of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee
>on Crime and Criminal Justice directed the Subcommittee majority staff
>to prepare this report. This report has not been reviewed or approved
>by other Members of the Subcommittee.
>


Section VIII.

(4) The effectiveness of any eradication program is necessarily called into
question when the sons of the President of Lebanon are directly involved
with the drug trade. The drug corruption in Lebanon is so pervasive that
it includes the governor of the administrative district of Baalbak and the 
mayor of the town of Baalbak. These are not isolated instances of 
institutional drug corruption in the present Lebanese government as
several members of the Lebanese parliament reportedly earn their living
by drug trafficking.

                                 ----



--

                                 ________
________________________________/--------\______________________________________
 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: UPI
Subject: Palestinians, pro-Israeli gunmen clash, killing two
Reply-To: ayman@eecs.umich.edu
Organization: United Press International
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 21:11:38 GMT
X-Note: This article was automatically cross-posted to soc.culture.lebanon

[ Article cross-posted without permission ]
	SIDON, Lebanon (UPI) -- Palestinian guerrillas and pro-Israeli
militiamen clashed Saturday at the edge of the border zone in southern
Lebanon, killing one person on each side, security sources said.
	Militiamen of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon army spotted a squad
of Palestinian guerrillas trying to infiltrate Israel's self-declared 
``security zone,'' the sources said.
	The SLA gunmen fired at the guerrillas near the village of Rashaf at
the edge of the border zone, east of the southern port city of Tyre,
triggering a firefight that killed one SLA militiaman and a Palestinian
fighter, the sources said. Four others from both sides were also
wounded.
	The SLA-run ``Voice of the South'' radio station confirmed the
killing of its militiaman and said hand grenades and Soviet-made
Kalashnikov rifles were found near the body of the dead Palestinian.
	It was not immediately known to which group the Palestinian attackers
belonged, but a Palestinian officer in the southern port city of Sidon
said the attack was in support of 415 Palestinian deportees stranded in
southern Lebanon between Lebanese and Israeli troops.
	Israel expelled the Palestinians in retaliation for the killing of an
Israeli policemen by Islamic extremists, but Lebanon has refused them
entrance.
	Israel has been controlling the nine-mile security zone since 1985 to
defend against infiltration.
From: ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Palestinian deportees turned back by Lebanese
Date: 21 Dec 92 10:54:42 GMT
Organization: University of Strathclyde

In article <SJW=4FA@engin.umich.edu> kamprath@elnath.engin.umich.edu (Michael Fredric Kamprath) writes:
>
>In article <BzK7LF.89@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>, ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz") writes:
>
[ ... ]

>You can see all the evil you want in my question.  I don't care.
>
>But a country typically deports people to a country that they originally came from.
>These deportees were Palestinians, so I didn't understand why Israel would send them
>to Lebanon.
>
>But as I said, if you want me to be insensitive, I can be insensitive.
>
>Anyways, thanks to the people who understood the nature of my inquiry.

Mr Kamprath, whether you want to be insensitive or not is something up to you
really and does not have anything to do with me.

I'd like to say is that I can't read your mind and I don't practice telepathy,
I can only understand you from what you write. If you write something that is
not clear and potentially misleading, how do you expect me to know what you
have in mind?

BTW Mr Kamprath, when you said above that "a country typically deports people
to a country that they originally came from", did you have in mind that Israel 
does obey the international law and you found the israeli action strange ?
As a Lebanese arab, with a part of my country is occupied by the israelis
despite all the UN resolutions and recommendations that Israel should withdraw,
how do you expect me to answer? And what should I read in your question?

You see, your language is still not clear, or I'd better say my understanding of
english is low.

>
>Michael F. Kamprath

I. Ballouz

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* IBRAHIM BALLOUZ            **           DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE          *
* ccav38@uk.ac.strath.ccsun  **  STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY GLASGOW SCOTLAND U.K. *
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: jle@lear.bos.locus.com (John Elghani)
Subject: Re: Palestinian deportees turned back by Lebanese
Organization: LC
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:17:22 GMT

In article   writes:
>c.ac.uk!warwick!str-ccsun!ccav38
>From: ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz")
>Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
>Subject: Re: Palestinian deportees turned back by Lebanese
>Message-ID: <BzLx8r.CJv@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
>Date: 21 Dec 92 11:29:15 GMT
>References: <BzH00q.MKJ@ccsun.strath.ac.uk> <1992Dec19.221119.0112674@locus.com> <AJW=9-A@engin.umich.edu>
>Sender: news@ccsun.strath.ac.uk (News account )
>Organization: University of Strathclyde
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>Nntp-Posting-Host: assynt
>
>In article <AJW=9-A@engin.umich.edu> hani@civil4.engin.umich.edu (Hani Abinassif) writes:
>>
>>In article <1992Dec19.221119.0112674@locus.com>, jle@lear.bos.locus.com (John Elghani) writes:
>>[..]
>>> 
>>> I understand that the 400+ may windup at the battle front with israel,
>>> but did you prefer they should've killed them, or kept them
>>> in jail for life.
>>> 
>>> jle
>>
>>What's your point?
>>I am not sure I can follow on how your answer relates to what Ibrahim
>>is saying.
>>-Hani
>
>Hani, I wish you did not waste your time. 
>Funny how a man who was mocking muslims, their belief and traditions some 
>time ago is coming to defend the "Hamas-is" who are committed to the same 
>religion and belief...

Apparently, you misunderstood.  Astaghfir Allah on what you're saying
if that's true.

jle
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Syria, President Bush and Drugs -- the Administration's Next Iraqg
From: <E03SI@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Sunday, 27 Dec 1992 16:07:02 EST
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

In article <1992Dec27.003245.342@eng.umd.edu>, ziad@eng.umd.edu (Ziad K.
Cheiban) says:
>
>[ outline of report by rep. Charles Schummer on Syria's involvement
>in the drug trade based in Lebanon deleted.]

  Fellow Lebanse,

         As citizens of a geographically- and strategically- important
  country,  it is utterly important to keep in mind   that  the United
  States of America is always aware of the significance of Lebanon and
  the resourcefulness of the Lebanese. It is, now, a "given" in Washin-
  gton that the Syrians are the culprits when it comes to analyzing the
  Lebanese problem.  And it is also a fact that the SHAMIR  government
  and all previous  Likud administrations of ISRAEL   have    had non-
  aggression treaties with Syria (secretley):  Israel supports     the
  ALAWI's in Syria and Syria forgets about the GOLAN HEIGHTS.

         Now that the Likud rule is over,  RABIN is breaking  up  with
  the Syrians, and   is  helping   the   Clinton Administration    show
  how tough  it  is on terrorism and how it can be JUST as EFFECTIVE as
  the BUSH administration in dealing blows to the aggressors of the world.

         I predict that the media will RE-EXPOSE all that is known about
  the Syrians, and will put Hafez Assad under the spotlight as they did
  with Saddam Housein et al before.  And contrary to common belief,  the
  Media does now put pressures on Government foreign policy as they   do
  in domestic policy,  media receives "ORCHESTRATED LEAKS" as a way  for
  rallying  PUBLIC OPINION for an issue.  Another misconception is  that
  the USA "cares" about other countries:  the USA cares  ONLY about  the
  USA and it uses other countries' issues to extent its gains.  The  USA
  will only Help LEBANON when it stands to gain the most out of the Situation.
  The time will be right for a new policy is in the SPRING of 1993: Syria
  will have an internal revolution and Lebanon will have a new Parliamentary
  Election in the Summer of 1993.

  These are my predictions (intelligent guesses) as I analyze the current
  political atmosphere and previous trends in US policies.


  W H A T   D O   Y O U    think?
                                    Al-Lubnani Al-MajHoul

                                    Watani Da-Iman 3ala haK
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: UPI
Subject: Exchange Rates (Wed Dec 23 1992)
Reply-To: ayman@eecs.umich.edu
Organization: United Press International
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:46:20 GMT
X-Note: This article was automatically cross-posted to soc.culture.lebanon

[ Article cross-posted without permission ]

                      USD per LL      LL per USD
                      Wed     Tue     Wed     Tue

Lebanon pnd       .000543 .000543 1841.00 1841.00

Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: tage@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Happy New Year!! 1st post of 1993!!!  
Date: 1 Jan 93 05:31:11 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada







      Happy New Year!!! We had a Lebanese party at my house last night and we
had Fairuz and countless belly-dancing songs playing at 300 decibles!!!!!

   Hope you enjoyed your new years as well!  Maybe 1993 can be the year that
Lebanon starts taking its destiny into its own hands!!

                    
                                            Tony El Hajj
From: sandyl@soda.berkeley.edu (Sandy Lai)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Triads and movies
Date: 28 Dec 1992 06:03:24 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu


There was a Hong Kong film Festival in LA this weekend.-It continues through Tuesday the 29th. John Woo was there. Some one asked if there was a connection between the Triads and the Hong Kong film industry. Woo claimed he did not know of any connections between the Triads and the film makers. This seems contrary to rumors that I have heard. Does anyone out there know if there is a connection between Triads and the movie makers ??
From: elee1xx@jane.uh.edu (STEVEN HO)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: HK Radio Amateurs
Date: 24 Dec 1992 20:20 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <15848@suns1.crosfield.co.uk>, hck@crosfield.co.uk (chuck kay hon) writes...
>In article <1992Dec17.040203.20492@cs.wisc.edu> shiu@globey.cs.wisc.edu (Shiu K. Wong) writes:
>>Hi there,
>>
>>If I had a Technician/General/Advanced/Extra licence from the FCC
>>in the USA, is that still valid in Hong Kong?  Thanks in advance
>>for any info.
> 
You need at leased  least a General class licence in ordser
got   to get a reciporal licence in HK.
>    I think the  best place to ask is  the HK Post Office, I know some
>of my friends  in HK, they had to  pass  relevant City and Guild Exam.
>before they could apply licence from the HK Post Office, then the Post
>Office will issue a licence together with an unique call sign to them.
> 
> 
>Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year to all.
> 
>Eric.
>-- 
>      |     	Chuk Hon    	Crosfield Electronics Ltd., UK
>      +      	Ext 3875    	Tel (0442)230000  Fax (0442)232301
>--o--(.)--o--	e-mail	    	hck@crosfield.co.uk
From: y70q@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (LAM)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: economy of hong kong and
Date: 23 Dec 92 21:17:41 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: University of New Brunswick

In article <1992Dec23.034627.7084@usl.edu> kxd5425@usl.edu (Du Kaisheng) writes:
>I felt hard to understand those arrogant people of Hongkong.  They alwayse
>think they are superior to their mainland fellow countrymen. From the argument
>above I failed to see anything enlightening but the attitude of a person tellinghis inferior what to do. Kind of like you mainlanders are all from such a poor
>place and are all brain-washed by CCP (whatever related to CCP will have to be
>evil.  If someone happenes to have the same opinion with CCP, he's got to be
>something evil too) and you must be trained to be stupid.  Since we are so
>many years ahead of you in education, you just don't understand what we are 
>doing.  Just shut your month and watch.  I'll show you what is democracy
>and how we do things as a group of people with education, or better education.

Um... what kind of education do you have? Do you really have an
education with 'many years ahead?' This kind of joke sufficiently tell
the world how the CCP brainwash the people in China.
Imagine even for 10 years ahead of education, can China build a
80786 microprocessor?

>The final word I want to say is that to give democracy to a people with such
>a biased mind like you is dangerous.  Do you think it is now your turn to
>educate people from mainland since British people will leave after educating
>you for more than 100 years?

It is more dangerous to let those people like the author above to rule
Hong Kong. Do this author know what is democracy?
From: wang@apache.dtcc.edu (Wang Gang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: netters from Macao ?
Date: 29 Dec 1992 00:08:12 -0500
Organization: Delaware Technical & Community College
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: apache.dtcc.edu

Just curious: Does Macao have access to this newsgroup? Internet?

'cause I have a friend in Macao.

--wang
From: stevew@helios.unl.edu (Steve Wu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Happy New Years.
Date: 31 Dec 1992 21:18:33 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
NNTP-Posting-Host: helios.unl.edu


  Happy New Years for all of us. Let's wish HK a better tomorrow.

  steve  
--
stevew@helios.unl.edu  |=| \ Fender / |=| ... smoke on the water, fire in
                       |=|   \    /   |=| the sky...   Smoke on the water.
stevew@hoss.unl.edu    |=|     \/     |=|     (36 bars guitar solo)
		      Deep purple, the best
From: skfong@cuse1.se.cuhk.hk (Fong Siu Kit)
Subject: Re: smoking
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 02:50:24 GMT

nephilim@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

>You said second-hand smokers.  So, obviously, they are non-smokers.  Why 
>do those non-smokers want to hang around with smokers and breathe in polluted
> air?  Maybe they are friends.  Well, whatever.
>That doesn't make sense to me anyway .  First , if we, smokers, smoke in front
> of non-smokers in smoking area, they deserve to die from lung cancer because
> they don't go away from where smoking is allowed.
>If we, smokers, smoke in non-smoking area, of course, we are the ones to be
> blamed. 
>So, you choose to walk away or put out somebody's cigarette in non-smoking area.
>I smoke in smoking area and I don't smoke in non-smoking area.  As simple as
>that.  And, don't like, beat it.

Clearly streets are not non-smoking areas.  Everyday plenty do smoke on
the streets and at bus-stops.  I do not want to inhale 2nd-hand smoke, and I
DESERVE to die of lung cancer if I walk on the streets or wait at a
bus-stop.  I finally come to a solution for this dilemma: I should FLY in the
sky! 

SK Fong
From: ktso@ws332c.ee.cuhk.hk (So_Kwok_Tsun)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Death in Lan Kwai Fong
Date: 31 Dec 1992 23:33:44 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

At 0am on 1-1-93, there are twenty deaths and 66 hurt. The reason is that 
about 10 - 20 thousands people stay in Lan Kwai Fong to celebrate but due to
some people run and knock down some people. Eventually, those people step on
each other and cause this accident.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: ma@qucdntri.ee.queensu.ca
Subject: A plea for courtesy
Organization: Queen's University EE Department
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:16:28 GMT

Hi there:

As a relatively new reader of this newsgroup, I observe with interest the
discussions that have been going on. May I add one comment? Let's just stop
calling each other "running dogs", for this is certainly not a very nice way to
treat each other as kinsmen. 

May I add some further comments regarding the discussions on Hong Kong / China
issues? As far as I know, the economic successes that HK has enjoyed over the
past two decades or so depend very much on the following factors: (1) Rule of
law; (2) A relatively efficient and corruption-free government, and; (3)
Guarantee of basic freedoms. Even though these may not be the sole factors, but
nevertheless they are indispensable. If we look at certain Asian countries that
used to be called developing nations in the past but have enjoyed tremendous
economic growth in recent years, these factors are almost certain to have
played their parts. Witness Singapore. Witness South Korea, and the list goes
on and on. On the contrary, witness the Philippines, which still suffered from
a very weak economy because of rampant corruption. 

My question is this -- Can the above still be guaranteed to be upheld in HK
after 1997? I sincerely ask for your insight.

Regards,

E. Ma 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: cwchan1@ie.cuhk.hk (chan chun wo)
Subject: Re: e-mail accounts at CU
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:14:12 GMT

<LAMC@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:

>A while ago I heard that everyone at CU had been given a e-mail account.
>Can anyone tell me whether all the accounts have been properly set up yet?
>I can find my friend's account by fingering ns.cuhk.hk. Yet, when I finger
>my friend's account given by ns.cuhk.hk, it shows she is always logon and she
>is on since Jan 01 which is unreasonable.

### RESPONSE FROM A CU GUY ###

	I can tell you that ALL students and staffs in CU have their own
e-mail account now. You can finger your friend and even send e-mail to
there.

	The date "on since Jan 01" is perhaps due to server error, as I've
seen it in my account (and all CU students a/c). By the way, TRY to mail to
your friend. But, I first inform you, that you don't expect your friend
will read your mail within 1 month!!! It is because the computer centre
here is EXTREMELY busy!!! In case of emergency, you'd better phone to
him/her directly, or send him/her messages by air-mail!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: ycheung@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Yat Lok L. Cheung)
Subject: Repost: F1 (Student) Visa -> H1 (Work) Visa info. Wanted (Correction)
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:11:56 GMT
Distribution: usa
X-Posted-From: uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Dec29.210417.8872@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> ycheung@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Yat Lok L. Cheung) writes:
>
>Subject says it all.  Anyone has experience on changing his/her status
>from F1 Visa to H1 Visa ?  I know somehow it involves a lawyer, but before
>I put my head into it, I would appreciate if anyone could share their
>experience/knowledge w/ me.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
><Lawrence>...
>ycheung@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
>ycheung@uhunix.bitnet
>


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