[Numbers Guy]

Moreover, the Syrians are expected to end their support for anti-American elements operating in Iraq

And what do we do once the Syrians break this deal?

[Boundless]

> Assad interested in deal that would allow him to
> stay in power; the price:
> ...

Oops, we forgot to tell you we also want:
- Saddam's WMDs

[txroadhawg]

Sounds like someone is trying to save his skin

[bnelson44]

How reliable is this news agency?

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Syrian official: Assad, Bush deal in works

Opinion?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

We should NEVER accept such a deal. We should ROLL into Syria and capture Iraq's WMD's. Then we should HANG Syria's leadership. This as a start.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

I think not. For two reasons

1. Assad is implicated. Kofi hisself can not undo this.

2. Syria has aligned with Iran. Hezbullah will carry out the orders. Done deal.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Well that is a start. Now how about the WMDs Saddam shipped into Syria before the War?

[airborne]

How about turning over the WMD's they took off Saddam's hands?

[marron]

I see no advantage if we accept the deal as written in this piece. There should be no deal unless its a Khadafi-style climb-down. We get the WMD, both Syrian and Iraqi, plus we get all the incriminating details. We want names, and we want places.

And we want the stuff boxed up and shipped to the US.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Not going to happen.

Assad and his crime family murdered one of the top leaders of another country.

The screws are going to be put to them way worse than this.

[Itzlzha]

Syria's Assad wants a deal:

Time to tell Assad to E.S.A.D!

No "Deals" with Islamazi terrorists and thugs!

Make your deals with Allah, because you have NO credibility here!

[Savage Beast]

While you're at it, George, make Assad hand over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

[TheCrusader]

"The Syrians will also pledge to minimize their cooperation with Iran, which is funding and directing many of the groups fighting American troops."

Great 'deal'; Syria promises us they're not going to help kill as many American troops as before. wow

[Semper Paratus]

How about the eye doctor leaves Syria and he won't be killed?

[OKIEDOC]

I would rather that Syria give up Sadams weapons of mass destruction they have stored in their country.

That would just about drive a nail into the Dims coffin of sewer sludge.

[sageb1]

"The deal being worked out is reportedly based on the following understandings: Two senior Syria officials, General Rustom Ghazaleh and one of his assistants, Jameh Jameh, will be incriminated in connection with the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Meanwhile, Assad himself and particularly his brother-in-law, Asef Shawkat, will be cleared of involvement in the killing."

And Jay Rockefeller's dealings with Damascus will remain classified until the year 3000?

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Senior source in Damascus tells Ynet Syrian leader Assad interested in deal that would allow him to stay in power; the price: Incriminating senior officials behind Hariri killing, cutting aid to anti-U.S. fighters in Iraq. Assad still refusing to dismantle Hizbullah

How about giving up all the WMC saddass insane sent to your country !

[jveritas]

Absolute BS. I have heard these rumors about this deal for so long. President Bush does not cut deals with terrorist regimes like the one in Damascus. What he says in public he will do behind the door. It seems that many people do not understand this simple fact about him.

[MonroeDNA]

Bwaaaahahahahaha!

State steps on it again.

Condi will believe it, and of course, nothing will change.

Assad either dies, or not.