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US-Syria tension levels rise
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called for US and British troops to withdraw from Iraq, during a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. "The withdrawal of occupation forces would allow the Iraqi people to "I mean, we've got gunnies just waiting for the opportunity to get him there..." In response to allegations by the US of helping Iraqis close to Saddam Hussein of escaping through its border, Syria has told the United States it has closed its border with Iraq to all but Think hard now, Mr Boy President... "Syria has a choice to make and we hope Syria makes the right one," a US state department spokesman said. US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said that âthe Syrians are behaving badly, they need to be reminded of that and if they continue we need to think about our what our policy is. It's very dubious behaviour, and by calling attention to it we hope that in fact it will be enough to have them stop." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-12 |
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