By Shari Miller PUBLISHED: 05:21 EST, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 12:37 EST, 30 August 2013 The 11-year-old son of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has apparently dared the United States to launch an attack, in a Facebook taunt that has been 'liked' by the children and grandchildren of other senior Syrian officials. 'I just want them to attack sooo much, because I want them to make this huge mistake of beginning something that they don’t know the end of it,' stated the post on an account said to belong to Hafez al-Assad. The comments were posted in response to moves by the US to launch a strike in response to a chemical weapons attack on August 21.
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Hafez al-Assad apparently dared the United States to launch an attack and make a 'huge mistake'
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Taunt posted after Obama administration said it may still use military action to respond to chemical weapons attack last week
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While authenticity of Facebook profile is hard to confirm, the post has been 'liked' by accounts belonging to the children of senior Syrian officials
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Post illustrates strong support for the Syrian president, despite a two-year civil war that has killed more than 100,000 and caused millions to flee
that’s exactly what’s gonna happen to @placeholder if it chooses invasion