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Syria slams US 'meddling'
 Syria has lashed out at the United States over its plans to allocate $5 million to the Syrian opposition.
| Yeah. They need more than that. |
Walid Muallem, the Syrian Foreign Minister, told reporters on Sunday: "This is meddling in Syria's internal affairs and we reject it."
| Oh, dear! We certainly wouldn't want to meddle in the internal affairs of a bloody-handed dictatorship. |
The US State Department said on Friday that it would allocate $5 million to finance the Syrian opposition amidst worsening relations between the two countries. Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, said on Thursday that the United States wanted to strengthen sanctions against Syria and was trying to convince other nations to follow suit. The Bush administration backs a United Nations probe into the murder a year ago of Rafiq al-Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, and 20 other people in a Beirut seafront bombing that has been linked to Syria.
| They said something about Syria's habit of meddling in the affairs of other countries... |
Washington also frequently accuses Syria of failing to stem the flow of foreign fighters across its border with Iraq.
| Which'd be... ummm... meddling in Iraq's affairs. |
Posted by: Fred 2006-02-20 |
