ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=pelosi
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831556/posts?page=3#3
http://www.memri.org/syria.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=syria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831556/posts
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070510-103235-7658r.htm
“Syria jails activist for D.C. meetings”
By Betsy Pisik
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 11, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “DAMASCUS, Syria — A human rights activist was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday for meeting with Bush administration officials at the White House during a 2005 visit to Washington.
Kamal Labwani, a Syrian physician and democracy advocate, was convicted of “contacting a foreign country, passing on messages and encouraging attack against Syria,” according to local reports, which noted that a maximum sentence could have been a lifetime of hard labor.
The sentence came as President Bashar Assad warned of growing political and military instability in the Middle East in his annual address to the Syrian parliament. “
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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200705/POL20070510a.html
“Dems Urged to Seize ‘Political Opportunity’ Of Iraq War”
By Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
May 10, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) - Democrats hoping to win control of the White House in 2008 must seize the “golden opportunity” presented by failures in the war in Iraq and rethink their approach to national security, according to a security analyst and former staffer for Vice President Al Gore.”
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And now for a reality check:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070427-114313-4538r.htm
“Hunter asks Reid to quit Senate post”
By Sean Lengell
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 28, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee has called for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to resign his leadership post for saying the U.S. has lost the war in Iraq.
“This unfortunate statement is both inaccurate and damaging ... [and] can have no effect but to demoralize the brave men and women who are honorably fulfilling their mission in Iraq,” said Rep. Duncan Hunter of California in a letter to Mr. Reid.
Mr. Hunter, an Army Ranger in the Vietnam War whose son, a Marine, is returning to Iraq for his third combat tour, wrote that his friendship with Mr. Reid is secondary to his obligation to the nation’s wartime military forces.
“In light of the fact that this statement has both been used by our adversaries and has exhibited a marked lack of leadership to U.S. troops, I call on you to resign your leadership position,” said Mr. Hunter, who is running for president.
Mr. Hunter added that Mr. Reid’s comments “will undoubtedly be used by terrorist leaders to rally their followers — inevitably leading to increased attacks on U.S. and coalition forces.”
A spokesman for Mr. Reid declined to respond directly about the letter. “
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/setting-record-straight/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070503-6.html
For Immediate Release
May 3, 2007
“Setting the Record Straight: Iraq Is The Central Front Of Al Qaeda’s Global Campaign”