SYRIA THREATENS TO SEND IN THE LAWYERS

'We'll sue US for giving arms to Israel' (JPost)
Syrians will sue the United States for providing Israel with weaponry that was used to kill Syrian citizens during the Second Lebanon War, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem threatened Thursday, a day after the US administration announced a new set of sanctions on the Assad regime.

"We will punish the United States," Mouallem said during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki. "There are Syrians who were sacrificed during the Israeli was against Lebanon, and they will file a law suit against America, Which provided Israel with the weapons."

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. BY THE WAY, WHAT WERE SYRIAN "CITIZENS" DOING IN SOUTHERN LEBANON IN BUNKERS WITH HEZBOLLAH?  WAIT, DON'T ANSWER THAT.  INSTEAD, CHEW ON THIS:

U.S. Expands Sanctions on Syria
The White House on Wednesday issued an order expanding sanctions against Syria imposed in 2004, saying the nation's leaders have engaged in a pattern of violating human rights in their own country and harmed the peace and stability of other nations in the region, including Iraq. The 2004 sanctions banned U.S. exports to Syria, except for food and medicine, allowed the U.S. Treasury Department to seize the property of Syrians involved in terrorism, and banned flights between the U.S. and Syria. (CNN)