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Syria to Restore Relations With Iraq
Fox News ^ | 01 May 05 | AP

Posted on 05/01/2005 4:34:51 AM PDT by stm

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Syria (search) announced plans to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq more than two decades after ties were severed, boosting regional hopes for securing borders and signaling a willingness to change its policy toward the violence-torn country.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hypocrisy; iraq; middleeast; olivebranch; syria; terrorists
This should be interesting. They will restore diplomatic ties at the same time their terrorists are slipping into Iraq and murdering innocent Iraqi's.
1 posted on 05/01/2005 4:34:52 AM PDT by stm
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To: stm

Kinda like an intended victim restoring relations with Ted Bundy


2 posted on 05/01/2005 4:43:54 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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Syria and Iran (have been) accused by U.S. officials of failing to prevent insurgents from crossing their borders:

Is this the pot calling the kettle black, or what?

3 posted on 05/01/2005 5:56:22 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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The border with Syria is huge, with the US strapped for troops now, how are they going to possibly have enough troops to seal off the border?

No this not the pot calling the kettle black
4 posted on 05/01/2005 8:13:02 AM PDT by stm
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The border with Syria is huge

I was referring to our unwillingness to control our own borders.

5 posted on 05/01/2005 8:28:51 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: layman
Just like in Iraq, our border with Mexico is huge and we do not have near the manpower to string out to seal it off.

And contrary to what Bill O'Reilly thinks, we don't have enough National Guard troops either, nor is that a mission they should be involved in.
6 posted on 05/01/2005 10:46:18 AM PDT by stm
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