"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Friday, July 20, 2012

Blast Strips Assad of a Valuable Family Member and a Pair of Powerful Loyalist- New York Times

Asef Shawkat was a brother-in-law to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and a top enforcer in his embattled government, a loyalist so committed that he stood by the Assad family even after he was reportedly shot by the president’s younger brother.

With Mr. Shawkat in the command center of the government’s campaign to crush the Syrian opposition was a who’s who of Mr. Assad’s inner circle, including his defense minister and a former defense minister...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/world/middleeast/valued-relative-and-2-strong-loyalists-die-in-damascus-attack.html?_r=2&em