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At the last meeting between Rafiq al-Hariri and Syrian President Bashar al-Asad in August 2004, Asad asked Hariri to support the Syrian demand to extend the term of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud for another three years. Later on, Hariri related that Asad had even threatened that if he and his friends did not support this demand, Damascus would break their wrists and that he had accompanied the threat with a movement of his hand that left no doubt as to his seriousness.