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Emails Reveal: While 8,000 Syrians Were Slaughtered, Assad & Wife Spent Thousands…on Fondue Sets, iTunes & Designer Candlesticks

£10,000 on Candlesticks: Assads Private Emails Revealed

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

The Syrian opposition group, “Supreme Council of the Revolution,” has intercepted thousands of documents and emails from Bashar Assad’s family and inner circle.  Though we can’t be 100% certain, The Guardian has done its best to verify the documents and, in their estimation, they are authentic.

The documents paint a picture of a family that both takes advice from Iran (not really a shock), and is completely apathetic to the atrocities the country is perpetuating.

On the first anniversary of an uprising that has resulted in more than 8,000 deaths, The Guardian reports:

As the world watched in horror at the brutal suppression of protests across the country and many Syrians faced food shortages and other hardships, Mrs Assad spent more than £10,000 on candlesticks, tables and chandeliers from Paris and instructed an aide to order a fondue set from Amazon.

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[Furthermore,] Assad sidestepped extensive US sanctions against him by using a third party with a US address to make purchases of music and apps from Apple’s iTunes.

Activists gained access to Assad’s email after they were given the username and password by a mole within the President’s inner circle.  They utilized the uncensored stream of information for several months, even warning colleagues of Assad’s plans against them, until Anonymous separately hacked into several Syrian government websites and all communication from the account stopped.

£10,000 on Candlesticks: Assads Private Emails Revealed

Bashar and Asma before the revolution (Photo: Indy Bay)

The emails also reveal that Mrs. Assad was in close contact with Mayassa al-Thani, the emir of Qatar’s daughter.  After saying that her father still considers Bashar a close friend, al-Thani wrote on January 30:

Just been following the latest developments in Syria … in all honesty – looking at the tide of history and the escalation of recent events – we’ve seen two results – leaders stepping down and getting political asylum or leaders being brutally attacked. I honestly think this is a good opportunity to leave and re-start a normal life.

I only pray that you will convince the president to take this an opportunity to exit without having to face charges. The region needs to stabilize, but not more than you need peace of mind. I am sure you have many places to turn to, including Doha [Qatar].

£10,000 on Candlesticks: Assads Private Emails Revealed

Back when Vogue called her "glamorous, young, and very chic" (Photo: Ricochet)

Last, the emails show that Assad took advice from the Iranians regarding how to position himself during the revolution:

In the composed memorandum, Assad was advised to stress the issue of Muslim identity through the use of Koran quotes, as well as centering on what the email called ‘Syria’s principles,’ which included: ‘Resistance’; ‘Hostility to Israel, the first enemy of the Muslims’; and ‘Protection of Palestinian people’s rights (real prayers should be in the direction of Jerusalem).’

‘Maybe here the president can reiterate his stance by condemning forcefully the recent Israeli practices and policies to Judaise Al-Quds (Jerusalem),’ the email added, saying that Assad should use ‘powerful and violent’ language in his opposition to Israel.

Many will find it interesting that he cares so much about rights of the Palestinians, while civilians are being slaughtered by his troops within his own country.

The trove of emails probably won’t be a game-changer in the Syrian revolution, but it sure paints an interesting picture of the family behind it.

Comments (26)

  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:11am

    I really don’t care what he does.. Nobody invited us to the party. Whoever is getting killed is getting killed on behalf of these rebels who have not identified themselves, their loyalties, objectives. We do not and have never gone where we were not begged to go – by someone we do know in defense of they who were under attack by evil — UNTIL obama’s Arab Winter.
    Obama has legitimized the old claim that America is an interloper and Imperialist. There has NEVER ever been any truth to this UNTIL OBAMA! And obama through every single ally we have under the bus. Every legitimate rising against evil obama has crushed or turned his back on. We don’t need to be worried about Syria,,, WE need to be worried about OBAMA!

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    • BehindBlueEyes
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:49am

      There are all kinds of distractions being thrown at us and I have the feeling they will become more numerous and intense as the elections approach. We are up against world wide evil but I believe it is being coordinated by a few powerful diabolical individuals one of which is Obama. You are right, we need to focus on the Trojan horse that currently occupies our White House.

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  • Seede
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 10:01pm

    The whole Syria thing is Sunni rebels trying to take govt. away from the Shiites. Assad is a Alawite which is a offshoot of the Shiites and controls the Sunnis which are the majority in Syria. Iran is over 80% Shiites and the ally of Assad. The rest of the middle east is well over 90% Sunnis. The more we stand down and let them kill each other, the better off we are. Come home and guard our boarders and leave the rats fight each other. In this case the Russians are right on.

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  • youdidthis
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:58pm

    we have loved ones dying ,
    barry and sasquatch doing fund raisers…
    vacations
    6 trillion dollars in 3 years.

    think better worry about this nation.

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:35pm

    Happy Gold Standard Day ya’ll

    March 14, 1900 – U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act.

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:46pm

      Thanks, SOY! I love history and appreciate your post. Things sure change, right? Sheesh!

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:25pm

    how dare a dictator waste money on luxury ….We outta go in there and show them how a REAL government wastes money.

    the sad thing is – his wife is not even hot. for shame

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:54am

      They hate–hate–hate everything non-islamic/sharia…oooh, I wonder…most-likely HE invested in those evile-stocks/bonds and spent his money on…wait -for-it…eeeevile-capitolist-private-compaies’ products…Amazon…I-tunes/Aaple…I wonder…what his “people” would say…if they had enough time to think…while being in perpetual-jihad for thousands of years to keep them out-of-the-loop and perpetually poor/broke fighting 24/7 the endless war.

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:03pm

    If the muslim brotherhood takes over all of the middle east … we’re in a world of hurt

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    • EndTheFedNOW
      Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:15pm

      Obama gave Libya to al quieda. Literally. There were stories in the London Guardian of the west talking with the rebels and they knew they were al quidea.

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  • justangry
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:59pm

    Come on Blaze it’s a CIVIL WAR! Stop setting up the “responsibility to protect” doctrine.

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  • justangry
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:58pm

    What? No cheesy grits?

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:50pm

    Think the left will call for a boycott of apple now?..nah–no integrity as always…stay classy and hypocritical idiot ‘left’

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:58pm

      Because only lefties buy apple…

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:02pm

      There you go..I knew we could agree on something…cool

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    • TRONINTHEMORNING
      Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:11pm

      I’ve got Apple, Dell, Acer; I still have a TRS 80! I think I may still have an old Commodore 64.

      I use what’s best for my uses. Don’t care for the Apple crowd, though.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:23pm

      Tron–your right, I stand corrected…the apple ‘crowd’…thanks

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  • johnpaulkuchtajr
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:49pm

    Look, just one year ago, John “I served in Viet Nam” Kerry and Hillbilly Clinton were calling Bashar al-Assad “a reformer.” This happened AFTER the machine guns had cranked-up.

    How much payola does it take for the Obama administration to be completely in the tank for a guy like Assad? More than Assad has, so it helps that the Iranian mullahs are pitching-in too!

    Now you go to your room and think about why this country is so _ _ _ _ed up!

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on March 14, 2012 at 8:01pm

      Excellent post…the left has amnesia to all you just stated…they‘ll still vote for this administration and consider Hillary ’smart’…

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  • cuinsong
    Posted on March 14, 2012 at 7:49pm

    This is the devils land and this is his song “The Devils Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987

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