Posted on 11/19/2006 12:30:07 PM PST by lowbridge
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Syria's foreign minister called Sunday for a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces to help end Iraq's sectarian bloodbath, in a groundbreaking diplomatic mission to Iraq that comes amid increasing calls for the U.S. to seek cooperation from Syria and Iran. At least 111 people were killed nationwide, following a week that had already seen hundreds of deaths.
Walid Moallem, the highest level Syrian official to visit since the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein, denounced terrorism in Iraq even as Washington mulled its own overture to Damascus for help in ending Iraq's violence.
Syria and Iraq share a long and porous desert border and both Baghdad and Washington have accused Damascus of not doing enough to stop the flow of foreign Arab fighters.
Moallem spoke at the end of a day that saw suspected Sunni Muslim bombers kill at least 33 Shiites and the kidnapping of a deputy health minister — believed the senior-most government official abducted in Iraq. Many Sunni attackers are believed to have infiltrated from Syria.
A suicide bomber in the predominantly Shiite city of Hillah south of Baghdad lured men to his KIA minivan with promises of a day's work as laborers, then blew it up, killing at least 22 and wounding 44, police said.
Babil province police Capt. Muthana Khalid said three suspected terrorists, two Egyptians and an Iraqi, were arrested on suspicion of planning the suicide attack with the bomber, a Syrian.
Within hours, a roadside bomb and two car bombs exploded one after another near a bus station in Mashtal, a mostly Shiite area of southeastern Baghdad, killing 11 and wounding 51, police said.
Besides the victims of the bombings in Hillah and Baghdad, at least 23 other people were killed nationwide.
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OK we will get right on it!
A Potential Enemy Demands A Time Table. No doubt the demoCommiecRATS are listening!
Hmmmm ..?? Looks like the terrorists are using the talking points from the democrats .. how nice!
We should be the ones giving Syria a timetable...like 48 hours.
Another missed black OPs opportunity.
Help me out here - is it the Syrian government that's a branch of the DNC or vice versa?
Like Xenophon's ten thousand.
Let us know how that works out for you, Syria.
george bush =jimmy carter part II
This is humiliating
sounds like Karl Levin, not Bush.
"Go forth and multiply"
Regards, Ivan
Why are they still breathing?
This is for the mindless idiots who voted for the dems and terrorists. Who is calling for this? The enemies, of course,and their comrades in the msm. Say it enough and the sheep will believe it.
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