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Syria said aims to thwart Iraq democracy
Associated Press ^ | Sep. 23, 2005 | EDITH M. LEDERER

Posted on 09/23/2005 6:38:50 PM PDT by mdittmar

UNITED NATIONS - Syria is refusing to stop insurgents and foreign fighters from entering Iraq because it is frightened of efforts to build a democratic nation in the heart of the Middle East and wants them to fail, Iraq's foreign minister says.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: democracy; iraq; syria; terrosist
The old media actully reports the truth,I'm stunned,...
1 posted on 09/23/2005 6:38:51 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Iraq should give Syria an ultimatum.

What Syria is doing is an act of war.


2 posted on 09/23/2005 6:45:08 PM PDT by DB (©)
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To: mdittmar

Supply the Iraq soldiers with top notch weapons and make the Syrians wish they never stepped foot inside of Iraq.


3 posted on 09/23/2005 6:46:57 PM PDT by Arpege92 ("I am happy, be it yourselves." - Pope John Paul II)
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To: mdittmar
When will the Muslim 'Street' realize they are ruled by self serving thugs? Instead of fighting democracy, these foreign fighters should be racing to Iraq to ensure democracy takes root.
4 posted on 09/23/2005 6:47:28 PM PDT by Patti_ORiley
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To: DB; All
Syria Said Aims to Thwart Iraq Democracy

Full story.

5 posted on 09/23/2005 6:51:07 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; Do not dub me shapka broham; ValerieUSA; Berosus

The murdering cowards operating in Iraq won't stop operations there if Syria gets overthrown.

Still worth doing it though. :')

This policy by Assad has a twofold purpose. Number one, it delays the US exit from Iraq, and therefore delays the US entrance into Syria. Number two, it keeps the anti-Baathists busy fighting someone besides Assad.

By election time 2006, US involvement in Iraq will be greatly reduced, and Syria will be on the UN hit list. GWB and the US have won that struggle of wills (for the next while anyway).


6 posted on 09/23/2005 7:13:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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To: mdittmar
This months American Legion magazine has an excellent article on the way to stop the Muslim Insurgents once and for all. It is called "The Case for Force" by Edward F. Mrkvengo Jr.(Page 7) It's short and to the point.
7 posted on 09/23/2005 7:13:24 PM PDT by ANGGAPO (LayteGulfBeachClub.)
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To: DB

Damascus should reach its Biblical end..


8 posted on 09/23/2005 7:13:40 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Patti_ORiley

They know. Their goal is to replace one group of thugs with another, themselves.


9 posted on 09/23/2005 7:14:51 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (THIS IS WAR AND I MEAN TO WIN IT.)
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To: DB

Iraq should give Syria an ultimatum.

What Syria is doing is an act of war.""

I still believe thqt Saddam's WMD were shipped to Syria on those convoys just before we started bombing Baghdad.


10 posted on 09/23/2005 7:19:38 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (ridesthemiles)
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To: SunkenCiv

Iraq's neighbors will throw increasing opposition against them as they come closer to democracy. This is a war of attrition. The entire middle east political structure will be ground into dust before it is over.


11 posted on 09/23/2005 7:19:50 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (THIS IS WAR AND I MEAN TO WIN IT.)
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To: Arpege92

why not do something far more destructive and damaging?

air drop pamphlets which propose equal rights for women

better yet.... free driving licenses, voting rights, equal pay and equal say


12 posted on 09/23/2005 7:23:06 PM PDT by jackson29
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To: SunkenCiv
"GWB and the US have won that struggle of wills"

We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.) From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.

NEVER FORGET

13 posted on 09/23/2005 7:26:26 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
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To: DB

20 km denial zone and dont bother us!


14 posted on 09/23/2005 7:36:17 PM PDT by colonialhk (sooprize sooprize sooprize)
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To: SunkenCiv
Number one, it delays the US exit from Iraq, and therefore delays the US entrance into Syria.

And what if we decide to exit Iraq by going through Syria? The trip home would be much more direct if we could pick them up from a Mediterranean port like Latakia.

15 posted on 09/23/2005 8:15:54 PM PDT by Berosus ("There is no beauty like Jerusalem, no wealth like Rome, no depravity like Arabia."--the Talmud)
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To: Patti_ORiley
"When will the Muslim 'Street' realize they are ruled by self serving thugs?"

Never, they think that they all are ruled by the Koran.

16 posted on 09/23/2005 10:32:45 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: jackson29

What an excellent idea. How about dropping some copies of Eddie Murphy talking about women who marry rich and take half after the divorce. "I want half Eddie" LOL


17 posted on 09/24/2005 7:02:14 AM PDT by Arpege92 ("I am happy, be it yourselves." - Pope John Paul II)
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To: Berosus

We think alike. :') And of course, some of the US armed forces could leave via the eastern border, through Iran.


18 posted on 09/26/2005 8:00:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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