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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 30-Jan-2014
30-Jan-14 World View -- Syria a 'huge magnet' for terrorists - and perhaps biological weapons

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30-Jan-14 World View -- Syria a 'huge magnet' for terrorists - and perhaps biological weapons

Chinese now drink more red wine than the French

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com

Chinese now drink more red wine than the French
Syria replaces Pakistan as the center of al-Qaeda jihadist activity
Syria may be developing biological weapons

Chinese now drink more red wine than the French

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Ad for Dynasty Red Wine, a joint venture of China and France

China has overtaken France and Italy to become the world's number one consumer of red wine, consuming 155 million nine-litre cases, compared to 150 million for France, 141 million for Italy, 134 million for America, and 112 million for Germany. According to one analyst, there are Chinese superstitions over colors:

"Red is the color of luck and good fortune and white is the color of death [in China]. So you don't want to drink white, why would you?"

However, the U.S. is still the world leader in consumption of all forms of wine together. France 24

Syria replaces Pakistan as the center of al-Qaeda jihadist activity

US intelligence chief James Clapper said in Wednesday that Syria is replacing Pakistan as primary breeding ground for al-Qaeda linked terrorists. According to Clapper, "Syria has become a huge magnet for extremists," who can now recruit, train and equip a growing number of militants there:

"What’s going on there and the attraction of these foreign fighters is very, very worrisome.
We estimate at this point in excess of 7,000 foreign fighters have been attracted from some 50 countries, many of them in Europe and the Mideast. We’re seeing now the appearance of training complexes in Syria to train people to go back to their countries and of course conduct more terrorist acts."

This will not be a surprise to any Reader. As I've been saying for months, Russia and Iran are at fault here, for supplying weapons to a genocidal monster, Bashar al-Assad, allowing him "industrial level" torture and murder against his Sunni opponents, drawing Sunni jihadists from all over the world. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal for supplying weapons to al-Assad who is committing crimes against humanity. Time and US News

Syria may be developing biological weapons

Several months ago, Syria agreed to give up production of chemical weapons, such as the sarin that he used to slaughter his own people. But apparently the al-Assad and the Russians snookered the West again, because they forgot to ask about biological weapons. According to Clapper's written report:

"We judge that some elements of Syria’s biological warfare (BW) program might have advanced beyond the research and development stage and might be capable of limited agent production, based on the duration of its longstanding program. To the best of our knowledge, Syria has not successfully weaponized biological agents in an effective delivery system, but it possesses conventional weapon systems that could be modified for biological-agent delivery."

AFP and Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

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