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Syria and Iran vow unity against US plots
 Close allies President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday pledged they would work together to confront US and Israeli plots in the Middle East. Assad had earlier arrived in Iran for a two day visit aimed at further bolstering already robust ties, his second trip to the Islamic republic since Ahmadinejad took power in August 2005.
We should cooperate and work to make the public aware of the sinister aims of the United States and the Zionists, Assad said in his meeting with Ahmadinejad, according to the state-run IRNA agency. Iran and Syria support the peoples of the region and the enemies will only reach their goals by creating pessimism and disunity amongst Muslims, he added. Ahmadinejad agreed that we should be careful about the enemies efforts to create division and conflict amongst Muslims and make sure they do not reach their sinister goals. Under the current conditions it is necessary that Islamic countries preserve their vigilance, unity and wisdom to prevent the establishment of new conspiracies, he added. Accompanied by Foreign Minister Walid Muallem and Vice President Faruq al-Shara, Assad also met former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He is scheduled also to meet supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Creating conflict between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq and Lebanon is the final card that America and its allies have... they try to cover their failure with false propaganda, Assad told Rafsanjani. Posted by: Fred 2007-02-18 |
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