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What does syriana mean?

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i know it's the name of a movie that out right now but where did the name come from, what does it mean? i saw the movie and still have no idea. it's not a real country right? is it a person's name?

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According to Robert Baer, the former CIA agent who George Clooney's character was based on, it doesn't mean anything. It's used in a number of foreign policy think tanks to refer to mythical countries in the Middle East, but no two entities refer to the same thing when they refer to "Syriana."

And if you're confused by the film, don't worry, according to Baer, that's intentional on the part of the filmmakers. Source(s): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story...

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It's a fake name of a country, used so as to not offend any friends.
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