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| Subject: Great: Vogue deletes glamour story on Assad's dirty whore of a wife Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:29 am | |
| IT MAY have been the worst-timed magazine article in decades. ''Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young and very chic - the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies,'' Joan Juliet Buck began her profile of Syria's first lady in Vogue last year.
Amid descriptions of Mrs Assad's ''energetic grace'' and Christian Louboutin shoes, Buck wrote: ''The 35-year-old first lady's central mission is to change the mindset of six million Syrians under 18, encourage them to engage in what she calls 'active citizenship'. ''
Well, perhaps. But just as Buck's profile appeared, her husband, Bashar al-Assad, began a bloody crackdown on his opponents. About 9000 Syrians have been slaughtered by security forces loyal to Syria's hereditary President.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/vogue-deletes-glamour-story-on-assads-wife-20120426-1xo1i.html#ixzz1tEPjdTYr
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