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| Powell warns Syria too (just like Rummy) |
| 2003-03-30 |
| What was the press saying about Rumsfeld being a big-mouth hawk, that the White House was caught off guard by his warnings to Syria and Iran? Seems like Powell is singing from the same page. The United States Secretary of State Colin Powell has given a tough warning to Syria and Iran to stop supporting terrorism. "Syria... now faces a critical choice"--said Powell. Mr Powell was speaking to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee - the most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States. This was a new and strongly worded warning from the Bush administration to two of Iraq's neighbours. This must be giving Peter Jennings fits Colin Powell called on Syria to stop supporting terrorist groups and the regime of Saddam Hussein. "Syria has the responsibility for its choices and for the consequences," he said. Mr Powell also called on Iran to stop support for terrorists, and to stop producing weapons of mass destruction. It was time, he said, for "the entire international community to insist that Iran end its support for terrorism". I seem to recall the words "Either you're with us or with the terrorists." His comments come a matter of days after his colleague, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, warned both countries not to get involved in the conflict in Iraq. In the same speech, Mr Powell also repeated Washington's commitment to work for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. "Today we have reached a hopeful moment when progress may again be possible," he said. |
| Posted by:kgb |