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Pelosi receives warm welcome in Syria
CNN.com ^ | POSTED: 2:20 p.m. EDT, April 3, 2007 | CNN

Posted on 04/03/2007 1:22:15 PM PDT by deathrace2000

DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Tuesday in the Syrian capital, where she is expected to tackle an issue complicating the U.S. mission in the Middle East -- Damascus' alleged support for militants in Iraq and Lebanon. Though her visit conjured a strong rebuke by the White House, Syria seemed to welcome the 67-year-old California Democrat. After arriving in Damascus, Pelosi visited a centuries-old market district, where she mingled with Syrians. She also visited the Omayyad mosque in Old Damascus, which is considered one of the most sacred sites in the capital. (Watch what the White House said last week about Pelosi's trip ) The Syrian media are hailing her visit as a potential breakthrough in icy U.S.-Syrian relations, with the Syria Times calling her a "brave lady on an invaluable mission." Even the state-run news agency harped on the importance of Pelosi's visit. Headlines from the Syrian Arab News Agency read: "World and Arab newspapers stress importance of Pelosi's visit to Syria" and "Pelosi describes her visit to Damascus as important." The House speaker is scheduled to meet with President Bashar Al-Assad on Wednesday, making her the highest-ranking American politician to meet with a Syrian leader in more than 12 years. In 1994, President Clinton sat down with Al-Assad's father, the late Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bugeyespiglousy; burqagirl; congress; democrats; dhimmicrats; dumbasarock; dumborat; islamophiles; muhammadsminions; nancypelosi; pelosi; syria; traitor; uglierthansin
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But she is well dressed!
1 posted on 04/03/2007 1:22:17 PM PDT by deathrace2000
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To: deathrace2000

Of course, she’s the enemy’s best friend. Now if they would just keep her.


2 posted on 04/03/2007 1:23:45 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: lilylangtree

Probably wasn’t warm enough. Did they burn her?


3 posted on 04/03/2007 1:24:11 PM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://realitycheck.blogsome.com)
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To: deathrace2000

The Syrian media are hailing her visit as a potential breakthrough in icy U.S.-Syrian relations

Ain’t that just special!


4 posted on 04/03/2007 1:25:08 PM PDT by raisincane (Dims think we're all oblivious to the obvious)
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To: deathrace2000

The only thing of value she could take back from Syria is some high quality humus.


5 posted on 04/03/2007 1:26:00 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Rick.Donaldson

Yeah, when I read the title my mind immediately her roasting over an open spit. [Sorry for the imagery.]


6 posted on 04/03/2007 1:26:17 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: raisincane

Nancy and Syria are both on borrowed time.


7 posted on 04/03/2007 1:26:20 PM PDT by agincourt1415 (Nancy Pelosi, the enemy within)
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To: deathrace2000

Logan Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994.[1]
Passed under the administration of President John Adams during tension between the U.S. and France, it was named for Dr. George Logan of Pennsylvania, who engaged in semi-negotiations with France during the Quasi-War.
[edit]Text of the law

§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.


8 posted on 04/03/2007 1:26:25 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: lilylangtree

AMEN


9 posted on 04/03/2007 1:26:40 PM PDT by Schichtel (Scorch)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

Yeah, when I read the title my mind immediately saw her roasting over an open spit. [Sorry for the imagery.]


10 posted on 04/03/2007 1:26:42 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: AU72

with Pita bread


11 posted on 04/03/2007 1:27:12 PM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: deathrace2000
Pelosi receives warm welcome in Syria

appeasers are always welcomed warmly before their throat is slit

12 posted on 04/03/2007 1:27:30 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: deathrace2000
And why shouldn't they? She is one of them!
13 posted on 04/03/2007 1:28:34 PM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: deathrace2000
And American Jews will still overwhelmingly vote DemRat. Go figure...
14 posted on 04/03/2007 1:28:55 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (The United States failure to act against Iran will be seen as weakness throughout the Muslim world.)
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To: deathrace2000

What size plane did she wind up getting? Is this treasonous end run around Presidential foreign policy enabled by having gotten a plane with more range than is required to get from DC to SFO?


15 posted on 04/03/2007 1:29:08 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

This Logan Act has been lost on the Democrats. They will say they are not “negotiating”, and anyway, Democrats have their very own, super-dooper, razzmatazz list of rules that apply to themselves ONLY, and whenever they deem it appropriate. End of story.


16 posted on 04/03/2007 1:29:17 PM PDT by Max7
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To: deathrace2000

The madam of the house commands repect until she brings out the girly men she has for her customers.


17 posted on 04/03/2007 1:29:30 PM PDT by hgro
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To: K-oneTexas

Don’t be sorry ... somehow ‘Pelosi’ and ‘spit’ work well in a sentence.


18 posted on 04/03/2007 1:29:39 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (America: Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Hasn’t been invoked since 1803.


19 posted on 04/03/2007 1:30:51 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson in 08! Or Rudy/Hillary, if you want America finished off!)
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To: deathrace2000

Nancy, you ignorant slut!!


20 posted on 04/03/2007 1:32:47 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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