[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Found this reference on the Drudge Report!

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[Brett66]

That's probably why they sounded so much more concilatory today about creating a WMD free zone in the mid-east.

[SamAdams76]

It is apparent that there is a redeployment of U.S. forces going on in the region with an eye to future operations in the area.

[caisson71]

HeeeHaaa, head'um up, move'em out!! Driver, forward.

[RightWhale]

Syria could go for broke and attack with everything. Iran, too. One way or the other, the problem would be over. All the problems.

[cynicom]

Two faced Turks hate to see money from the GI s, leave.

[Reagan Man]

This is a clear message to the Syrian's.

Stop allowing border crossings by Saddam sympathizers. Stop harboring Saddam sympathizers. Turn over all Saddam loyalists you have in your country. ASAP!... or else.

[MeekOneGOP]

U.S. concentrating forces near Syrian border

Excerpt:

U.S. officials said Central Command has ordered a buildup of assets in western Iraq. They said the buildup is centered at Al Rutba and includes M1A1 main battle tanks, AH-64A attack helicopters and A-10 ground-support fighter-jets.

The U.S. move aims to prevent the escape of Iraqi leaders and nonconventional military assets to Syria. They said U.S. forces will also ensure that Arab foreign volunteers based in Syria will be captured as soon as they enter Iraq.

Officials have assured Syria that the military buildup is not meant against the regime of President Bashar Assad. But Coalition forces have already attacked Iraqi targets within 10 kilometers of the Syrian border.

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[BOBTHENAILER]

But there is no list, there is no war plan right now to go attack someone else, either for the purpose of overthrowing their leadership or for the purpose of imposing democratic values."

Earlier, Powell raised the prospect that the United States would impose sanctions on Syria for its help to the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

There is a vitally important distinction between these two sentences that I wish our politicians and press would get a grasp of.

One "bestows, grants, freely gives," etc., the freedoms of democracy.

"Sanctions, penalties, sentences, punishments" are IMPOSED. Big difference.

[The Duke]

With carriers steaming back towards home I'm not sure how menacing such a move would seem(?)

[Bonaparte]

"Officials have assured Syria that the military buildup is not meant against the regime of President Bashar Assad."

Now that's a dirty shame.

[Beck_isright]

So when can we put another 4 divisions in Germany to invade France and remove the other terrorist threat? Or actually we should only need one division of girl scouts to get rid of the French problem.

[this_ol_patriot]

It's time for "Breakfast" in Syria.

[wideminded]

Looks like the Jordan border is wide open though. I wonder why.

From npr.org:

NPR's Anne Garrels Heading Home

April 15, 2003 -- After 40 days in Baghdad, Anne Garrels is on the way home. She arrived in Amman, Jordan, a little while ago after a nine-hour drive through the desert. (Annie noted that the trip usually takes 14 hours but that, this time, "we didn't have to spend five hours waiting at the border, because there is no more border right now.")

full article

[Elsie]

"We have let Syria know of our concerns. But there is no list, there is no war plan right now to go attack someone else, either for the purpose of overthrowing their leadership or for the purpose of imposing democratic values."

But TOMORROW.......................

[RetiredArmy]

Syrian response: "Rut-row."