Sarah Palin Working for Syrian Government?

In Hitchens's most recent assault on Rick Warren, he mocks a Syrian press communique ("The Mufti called for conveying the real image of Syria, national unity and its call to spread peace, amity and justice to the American people which the US has distorted their image throughout the world" - is Sarah Palin working for the Syrian press office?) released after Warren's visit with President Bashar Assad... this recalled me for me another excruciating Syrian government attempt at English, from the government-run Syria Times (there was a link but it no longer works): "He said that the American project aimed at making Lebanon a hammer to destroy the Syrian house, but the arm of the hammer broke and the iron fell on their feet."