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Iraqi general backs Syria charges
EFLA top Iraqi general who switched sides during the war has backed Washington's claims that Syria has been giving refuge to members of Saddam Hussein's regime. General Ali al-Jajjawi - former Republican Guard commander in the northern city of Mosul - said Saddam's Baath Party deputy Izzat Ibrahim and other top figures had fled to Syria shortly before the city fell last Friday. Earlier, US President George W Bush warned Syria against harbouring fugitives from Saddam Hussein's entourage and urged Iraq's western neighbour to "co-operate" with the US-led coalition. A senior Syrian diplomat went on American TV on Sunday to deny his country was assisting Iraqi fugitives. "Who, us?" Imad Moustapha, the deputy ambassador in Washington, also rejected US claims that Syria was producing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) - the charge against Iraq which sparked the war there. "It's been a campaign of misinformation and disinformation about Syria since even before the war started - this is just an ongoing series of false accusations," Mr Moustapha told NBC news. "Lies, all lies!" On the WMD charge, Mr Moustapha said: "We will not only accept the most rigid inspection regime, we will welcome it heartily." As long as Blixi runs it. Posted by: Steve 2003-04-14 |
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