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Syria says cannot stop militants entering Iraq - "If America cannot stop Mexicans..."
msnbc ^
| 10/26/03
| reuters
Posted on 10/26/2003 9:35:59 PM PST by Mark Felton
LONDON, Oct. 25 Syria cannot stop militants entering Iraq to attack U.S. forces, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said in an interview with a British Sunday newspaper.
-- snip --
''They are very determined and many of them dream of seeing an American tank,'' Shara said of militants who cross the border into Iraq.
''We are doing everything we can,'' he told the Sunday Telegraph. ''We have tightened our checkpoints and are turning people back. But the border is long and we cannot cover it all.
''If America, a rich superpower cannot stop Mexicans crossing into the United States, then how can we, a poor country, be expected to stop Palestinians getting into Iraq.''
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: immigrantlist; immigration; insurgents; iraq; syria
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To: Blue Scourge
My favorite interview by the "embeddeds" was when a group of reporters were giving a a commander a hard time after they had shot up a car. The quote was something like...
The rammed the car into the tank on purpose. We responded with force... on purpose.
To: Mark Felton
Excellent point!
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:05:44 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Mark Felton
Puh-leeze.
America is a democracy. There are many things that pols who have to face the electorate can't do that a dictatorship can do ... as the Syrian foreign minister is well aware.
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:10:32 PM PST
by
Let's Roll
(And those that cried Appease! Appease! are hanged by those they tried to please!")
To: Mark Felton
They got us there!
To: HennepinPrisoner
A witty comment from an Arab country that highlights the incompetence of the Bush administrations dealings with illegal immigration? Priceless Aren't you forgetting to credit administrations all the way back to Roosevelt's (Teddy) and before?
Why single out Bush's on this issue? DU maybe...?
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:21:07 PM PST
by
Bobsat
To: snopercod
As previously noted.
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:24:25 PM PST
by
First_Salute
(God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: Mark Felton
A facetious argument. We can do better and so can they, but, unlike most of our illegal immigrants, those who are crossing over their borders are crossing to kill.
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:26:55 PM PST
by
skr
(Pro-life from cradle to grave)
To: self_evident
LOL...yeah I remember seeing that report and actually laughing to myself....c'mon gonna ram a Chevy into a tank.
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:28:23 PM PST
by
Blue Scourge
(A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth - T. Jefferson)
To: HennepinPrisoner
Bump.
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:28:57 PM PST
by
First_Salute
(God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: Mark Felton
"''If America, a rich superpower cannot stop Mexicans crossing into the United States, then how can we, a poor country, be expected to stop Palestinians getting into Iraq." Should read:
''If America, a rich superpower REFUSES TO STOP Mexicans crossing into the United States, then how can we, a poor country, be expected to stop Palestinians getting into Iraq.''
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:30:23 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(Nurture terrorism in a neighborhood near you - donate to your local community mosque.)
To: dennisw; SJackson
A Border Patrol Problem (Syria pointing fingers at the U.S. border) Ping!
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:31:22 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(Nurture terrorism in a neighborhood near you - donate to your local community mosque.)
To: Mark Felton
Oh someone tell him that we can stop Mexicans from entering anytime we want to...our leaders just don't want to.
To: Mark Felton
Oh, I believe if we started shooting at illegal crossers from either Syria or Mexico ---- the crossings would certainly slow down...
Its when DIPLOMATS or POLITICIANS have something to gain from "border crossers" that nothing gets done....
Semper Fi
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:39:22 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: Bobsat
Aren't you forgetting to credit administrations all the way back to Roosevelt's (Teddy) and before? Why single out Bush's on this issue? DU maybe...? Oh yes....you caught me. I'm a DU infiltrator. You're so clever. Say anything negative about Bush here on FR and you are automatically a DUer.
I can single out Bush because he is the first WH president to put a Spanish website on our government website, he is actively in talks with Vicente Fox in legalizing our illegals, and frankly I expect the Dems to kiss the backsides of illegals.
It's when the Republicans (like Bush) do it that angers me.
To: HennepinPrisoner
Backed up your post well. You're no DUer.
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:43:22 PM PST
by
Pro-Bush
(Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
To: Mark Felton
Touche! One day the president will have to seriously address this issue...And the right answer is NOT another round of amnesty!
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:46:54 PM PST
by
lainde
To: Mark Felton
Make Bashir Asaad "an offer he can't refuse.'
To: HennepinPrisoner
Ping! And if you don't mind my asking...Are you a prisoner of the Ramsey-Hennepin County socialist medical system?
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posted on
10/26/2003 10:49:11 PM PST
by
lainde
This was a message to American citizens.
Maybe if we give them DL's, we can manage them.
To: Mark Felton
''They are very determined and many of them dream of seeing an American tank,''Well, why didn't you tell us earlier! We can save all of you the trouble of traveling and send our tanks to Syria.
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