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Saudi FM makes unexpected visit to Syria
EFLSaudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal discussed Iraqi security and sovereignty Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an impromptu visit to Damascus, the official SANA news agency said. Their talks focused on "efforts by Iraq's neighbors to restore security and stability and to preserve the country's territorial integrity" SANA said. Preserving their jobs and necks. Prince Faisal's unexpected visit came after the United States stepped up criticism of Syria, accusing Damascus of possessing weapons of mass destruction and allowing senior Iraqi leaders to escape through its territory. Syrian nationals also battled US troops in Baghdad after entering Iraq by the busload, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged Sunday. Lost that road game Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa dismissed the allegations of Syrian support for Saddam Hussein's regime as groundless, the official Syrian daily Tishrin said Monday. "Mussa judged yesterday as groundless the accusations of certain American leaders against Syria," the newspaper said. "The United States and major powers should use their military force on behalf of the Palestinian cause and end the Israeli occupation of Arab lands," it quoted Mussa as saying. That's some good shit he's smoking. On Sunday, US President George W. Bush said Syria has chemical weapons, and warned Damascus it must cooperate with Washington as the United States pursues its overthrow of Saddam Hussein. "There is a campaign of false information and disinformation against Syria which began even before the war", the embassy's deputy ambassador Imad Mustapha told NBC television. "Lies, all lies!" Posted by: Steve 2003-04-14 |
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