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Syria determined to continue occupying Lebanon
Foreign Minister al Shara condemns UN resolution demanding Syria withdraw all its forces as "illegal intervention in its internal affairs".| It's ours, dang it! We occupied it fair and square." |
Syrian foreign Minister Farouq al Shara has rejected the joint Franco-American Security Council resolution calling on Damascus to end its illegal occupation of Lebanon, and withdraw all its trops from its neighbor's territory. The resolution was tabled in wake of recent intelligence information that Syria, at the prodding of its ally Iran, was allowing al Qaeda to set up base on the Lebanese coast, from which it could threaten southern Europe. This development, in conjunction with renewed reports of ongoing Syrian coperation with the Sunni terrorist insurgency in Iraq, seems to put and end to the speculations that Syria would be willing to end its alliance with Iran and become part of the Pax Americana.
Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-21 |
