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"The only joke I ever heard about Syrian President Assad was told by a Lebanese. It went like this: After a national “election” in Syria, an aide comes to President Assad and says, “Mr. President, you won the election with a 99.7 percent majority. That means only three-tenths of 1 percent of the people did not vote for you. What more could you ask for?” Assad replies, “Their names."