Tuesday, October 25, 2005

I'm dead Syrias

It appears the leadership of Syria is being fingered for the assassination of Rafik Hariri last spring. I wonder what the odds are of an air strike on Syria to boost Bush's sagging poll numbers?

At the bottom of the page linked above, one finds the following ads:

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Targeting readers with keywords is a risky undertaking. Who knows in what context those words will turn up? After reading about violence and political turmoil in a country, do you think your average Times reader is going to book a trip there?

If the Hariri case eventually goes cold, maybe the investigators could book the "Real Syria" trip to find out what they were missing. And save the UN a bit of money in the process.

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