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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.

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''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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''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.''
1 posted on 10/26/2003 9:36:00 PM PST by Mark Felton
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To: Mark Felton
LOL Firing across the bow. Hard to argue, is it not?
2 posted on 10/26/2003 9:37:14 PM PST by Libertina
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To: Mark Felton
Ouch.
3 posted on 10/26/2003 9:39:32 PM PST by ItsBacon (I smell bacon! Where's the bacon? baconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbaconbacon)
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To: Mark Felton
Do as we say, not as we do.

lol

a.k.a., hypocrisy.

Maybe that will finally wake up a few dozen politicians in Washington. Doubtful, though.
4 posted on 10/26/2003 9:39:35 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Mark Felton
They have a point, The only problem is that it's not that we can't, it's that we(the government) don't want to. :(
5 posted on 10/26/2003 9:40:07 PM PST by StriperSniper (All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Mark Felton
Thought this was good...

They are very determined and many of them dream of seeing an American tank

Than by all means I believe that we should give them a close inspection...hell we'll even let them check out the bottom of the tracks.

6 posted on 10/26/2003 9:41:35 PM PST by Blue Scourge (A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth - T. Jefferson)
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Good catch! LOL

Can't argue this.
7 posted on 10/26/2003 9:45:28 PM PST by texastoo
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To: Mark Felton
Can the Palestinians vote in Syria?
8 posted on 10/26/2003 9:45:37 PM PST by Brimack34
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''If America, a rich superpower cannot stop Mexicans crossing into the United States

um.. we could if, um, we wanted to... so there!

9 posted on 10/26/2003 9:46:19 PM PST by GeronL (Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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How are they going to spin this in D.C. ?? Guess Colin Powell will be requesting the Immigration Department for a high level meeting. LOL, LOL, LOL !
10 posted on 10/26/2003 9:46:55 PM PST by ex-Texan (My tag line is broken !)
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They are very determined and many of them dream of seeing an American tank

Are you sure this isn't comedy???

11 posted on 10/26/2003 9:47:49 PM PST by GeronL (Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
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Syria says cannot stop militants entering Iraq - "If America cannot stop Mexicans..."

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Bush and Fox don't want to stop Mexicans.

12 posted on 10/26/2003 9:50:35 PM PST by RLK
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ping
13 posted on 10/26/2003 9:51:01 PM PST by texastoo
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To: Mark Felton
D-oh!
14 posted on 10/26/2003 9:52:40 PM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: Mark Felton
perhaps no Iraqi Wal-Marts?
15 posted on 10/26/2003 9:53:08 PM PST by Bobby777 (8))
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''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.''

Ugh. Got us. Right in the gonads. :(

16 posted on 10/26/2003 9:54:19 PM PST by Prime Choice (---] Stay the course -- Bush 2004 [---)
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HA-HA-HA. I love it!
18 posted on 10/26/2003 9:58:36 PM PST by Pro-Bush (Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)
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To: Mark Felton
Lol. Guess they finally decided to hire some pr people.
19 posted on 10/26/2003 9:58:49 PM PST by self_evident
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''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.''

A new commputer? $500

A new watch? $200

A new DVD? $20

A witty comment from an Arab country that highlights the incompetence of the Bush administrations dealings with illegal immigration? Priceless

20 posted on 10/26/2003 10:04:12 PM PST by HennepinPrisoner
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