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Syria Challenges U.S. Over Charges of Aiding Saddam
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| Inal Ersan
Posted on 04/12/2003 6:53:51 PM PDT by Pharmboy
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said on Saturday U.S. accusations that Damascus had helped Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Iraq (news - web sites) were baseless and challenged Washington to provide evidence.
Senior figures in President Bush (news - web sites)'s administration have accused Syria in recent weeks of providing military help to Saddam.
Shara said Syria was not taking seriously what he called "threats" from the Bush administration because "they do not represent the general view in the United States."
"These (threats and accusations) are based on allegations that are baseless," Shara told a joint news conference with visiting French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin.
"Sometimes (the Bush administration) don't know what they want... We say to them give us evidence," he said.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said the United States would hold Syria accountable for reported shipments of military equipment, including night vision goggles, to Iraq, calling them "hostile acts."
Shara said Syria's ties with Saddam's government were "not friendly for many years" and that Damascus wanted to have good relations "with the American people."
Syria, a staunch opponent of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, has warned repeatedly that the conflict would throw the region into chaos.
"We are victimized. I am telling you now, because (the Bush administration) failed they are trying to pinpoint at a third country, perhaps Syria or another country," said Shara.
Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said on Thursday Washington did not have a list of nations it plans to attack, as he tried to quell speculation that the United States may move on from Iraq to countries like Syria and Iran.
Villepin, who was in Damascus as the second stop on a four-nation tour of Arab states, repeated French calls for the United Nations (news - web sites) to be given a major role in a postwar Iraq.
"One country can win a war but it takes many countries to install peace," said Villepin, who met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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posted on
04/12/2003 6:55:26 PM PDT
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To: Pharmboy
When we provide the evidence, then can we start bom-bing them?
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posted on
04/12/2003 6:57:02 PM PDT
by
ApesForEvolution
(Yes, let us allow the economies of gerdung, frunk, mexiztlan, chirushcom and canadastan to wither...)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: ApesForEvolution
No - Let's send Blix in for a few months and give our guys a little breather
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posted on
04/12/2003 6:59:16 PM PDT
by
RS
To: Pharmboy
"We are victimized. I am telling you now, because (the Bush administration) failed they are trying to pinpoint at a third country, perhaps Syria or another country," said Shara.
Have you ever noticed how these people are always ""victimized"", besides that, what the hell type of sentence structure is that??
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:00:10 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
(The only thing worse than a Frenchman, is a Frenchman from Canada)
To: Pharmboy
Feels like Groundhog Day-the same cast,the same phrases-hopefully,the same outcome.
To: Pharmboy
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara is anybody in the middle east telling the truth these days?
To: Pharmboy
These people in Syria aren't very smart. Didn't they see what we did to Saddam & his cohorts? They better shutta they mouths and fess up.
To: Pharmboy
These people in Syria aren't very smart. Didn't they see what we did to Saddam & his cohorts? They better shutta they mouths and fess up. And then apologize a few dozen times.
To: RS
Ha ha ha. We can rotate force. Syria will be stupid enough to shell Israel and really bring itself to a quick end.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:06:01 PM PDT
by
ApesForEvolution
(Yes, let us allow the economies of gerdung, frunk, mexiztlan, chirushcom and canadastan to wither...)
To: Pharmboy
Shara said Syria was not taking seriously what he called "threats" from the Bush administration because "they do not represent the general view in the United StatesAnother delusional Baathist that underestimates our resolve to prevent any more 911's. Keep barking cur and we will muzzle you.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:09:55 PM PDT
by
Kudsman
(LETS GET IT ON!!! The price of freedom is vigilance. Tyranny is free of charge.)
To: ApesForEvolution
Another thing this Iraqi war did was show how the technologically-advanced armies are the way to bet. Who do you think is more advanced: Israel or Syria?
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:10:17 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:12:00 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: ApesForEvolution
Let's not be hasty here. We need to send the 4th ID over to investigate and collect some evidence first.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:13:24 PM PDT
by
Frunabulax
("If the truth will kill them, let them die.")
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Pharmboy
Shara said Syria was not taking seriously what he called "threats" from the Bush administration because "they do not represent the general view in the United States." He probably gets his news from the New York Times and Dan Rather.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:15:14 PM PDT
by
Inyokern
To: mdittmar
Thanks for the link; very interesting. No question that many Syrians crossed the border to help out the Iraqi-Baathists. At least he's a dead Syrian terrorist now.
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:17:52 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to)
To: ThreePuttinDude
Have you ever noticed how these people are always ""victimized"",BTW Baath party = secular Socialist = victims of those Evil capitalists. ;^)
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:18:54 PM PDT
by
Kudsman
(LETS GET IT ON!!! The price of freedom is vigilance. Tyranny is free of charge.)
To: green team 1999
green team 1999 wrote:
is anybody in the middle east telling the truth these days?
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Well the Israelis do, in general.....
Tia
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posted on
04/12/2003 7:20:06 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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