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To: Peach; roses of sharon; proud American in Canada; All
The transcript of the Syrian Ambassador interview is not out yet, but while searching I found this from July 13 :

Syrian Ambassador Imad Mustafa walks out of MSNBC studio to avoid joint TV appearance with Israeli counterpart Danny Ayalon. ‘We used to sit next to each other in the makeup room and chat. Now he runs away from me like from fire,’ Ayalon says

WASHINGTON - Syrian Ambassador to the United States, Imad Mustafa, walked out of an MSNBC studio in Washington Friday after Israel Ambassador Danny Ayalon suggested the two appear together on a news broadcast. “The man ran away,” producers of the interview program informed, chuckling.

Mustafa may have been concerned that he would lose his position, considering an incident Wednesday when Lebanese Ambassador to Washington, Farid Abboud, was recalled to Lebanon after expressing support for Hizbullah during an interview with CNN, contrary to the Lebanese government’s official position.

Ayalon and his Syrian counterpart have been running from one TV studio to the next in recent days, waging “public relations battles.” The two have appeared in no less than 12 consecutive TV interviews over the past few days. With that, Mustafa has made sure not to sit next to the Israeli diplomat in the studios, nor even in the makeup rooms.

Ayalon said that “In the past, we used to sit next to each other in the makeup room and chat. Mustafa is a professor, a member of the scientific academy in Damascus, an educated and well mannered man, a personal friend and appointment of President Basher Assad. We used to shake hands and talk. This time he is surrounded by people from the Syrian embassy and runs away from me like from fire,” he said.

The Israeli ambassador, who appeared in a live interview on NBC, asked the interviewer why he and the Syrian ambassador were being filmed in two separate studios. “Ask him if he will sit in the same studio as me,” Ayalon added. The interviewer passed the balled into Mustafa’s court on live TV, and he mumbled embarrassedly that innocent people were being killed in Lebanon.

During the commercial break, the interviewer asked Ayalon if he would appear in the same studio as his Syrian counterpart and he agreed. However, shortly afterwards, the show’s producers informed him that the Syrian ambassador, when he was asked to come into the common studio, responded, “No, no, no,” and hurriedly walked out of the studio.

The two ambassadors were scheduled to appear in their 13th interview on CNN Larry King Live.

1,043 posted on 07/16/2006 10:14:58 AM PDT by KJC1
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To: KJC1
More evidence that this world is being run by sniveling men, who are afraid of the Islamic cultists.

There are very few real men allowed to represent their citizens, the message of "stability" has been the only message for 40 years now.

That has allowed the Islamic cults to roam the globe for decades, murdering innocents with impunity.

And the appeasers, girly men and Nancy boys have responded to this blackmail with a hope of some elusive policy change, and peace talks.

While they are surrounded with bodyguards, their citizens are being blown to bits in the marketplace.
1,085 posted on 07/16/2006 10:30:37 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: KJC1
Hi, I am really late to this... because I just couldn't take it anymore. I had to have fun with my family and I couldn't stand it.

I guess we need to have shifts or something. But I guess we do, by default.

All I'm saying is I'm sorry I missed your post to me, but thank you for posting this:

"Ayalon and his Syrian counterpart have been running from one TV studio to the next in recent days, waging public relations battles."

It's amazing...

Hey... if the PR battle can be fought on TV, then I will be grateful, you know? And so will the world.

Although this post may be late because I just lost energy today. So maybe someone else said that. But it deserves repeating, IMO.

2,866 posted on 07/16/2006 7:59:10 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (Thy Will Be Done.)
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