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| U.S. to Syria: Kick out terrorists, get out of Lebanon |
| 2004-09-17 |
| "It seems to me that Syria does bear some responsibility" for the double suicide bombing in Beer Sheva on August 31, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on Friday. "Syria must withdraw its forces from Lebanon," said Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East William J. Burns in Damascus. Media reports suggested that Syria will make a "historic announcement" about redeployment in Lebanon following an American ultimatum. In an interview with Egypt TV, Armitage was asked if Syria "should be held accountable" for the Beer Sheva attacks, which killed 16 Israelis and wounded more than 100. "Why not? Syria holds and houses Hamas. Syria is a conduit of weapons from Iran to Hizbullah. It seems to me that Syria does bear some responsibility," Armitage replied. But Armitage stopped short of endorsing an Israeli strike on Syria. "That I didn't say. You asked me should they be held accountable, and I said they bore some responsibility," Armitage said. Israeli officials had previously hinted that Israel might stage military actions within Syria as a response to the Beer Sheva attacks. According to media reports, Israel had provided the United States with "concrete evidence" of Syria's involvement in the attacks. Recent media reports have indicated that Hamas leaders based in Damascus, who allegedly directed and financed the Beer Sheva attacks, have gone underground in fear of an Israeli reprisal. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #6 In fact when was the last time anyone read anything about Iran's exported oil having any problems. Well that is about to change. The shoe is about to be refitted on the other foot. I'd enjoy seeing Kargh Island crippled as a crimp in Iran's economy and some sort of incentive for them to come clean about their nuclear weapons program. Don't level the complex, just hit some major components that take it off line. Rinse and repeat until Iran is on the ropes economically. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-18 1:44:09 AM |
| #5 Look, as long as both Iran and ally in terror Syria are not totally prevented in exporting suicidal jihadists into Iraq to murder our boys, other Coalition forces, blow up Iraqis, plus ruin Iraq's exportation of her crude oil to overseas customers, this counter terrorist war will not be winnable, therefore,..... once Bush is re-elected the most paramount issue confronting our troops in Iraq, will to be brought to the geostrategic front burner. I also firmly believe there is currently in place a long lasting economic & military solution to the ongoing radical Muslim terrorist axis problem of Iran-Syria-Lebanon. Review the map. We had to be directly based next to Iran (Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf ..maybe Turkey) in order to crush Iran's beast like rulers! Ask this question; If you were buying supertanker loads of either Iraqi or Iranian grade crude oil, right now which OPEC state is more reliable, safer to load and depart from, which has far less overall risk? Iraq or Iran? Iran's brutal bunch in charge bloody well knows its own instigated instability being forced upon Iraq's oil based economy, via blowing up oil pipelines & attacking exporting facilities, , makes Iran, the originator of modern global jihadic terrorism....look a lot safer to deal with. In fact when was the last time anyone read anything about Iran's exported oil having any problems. Well that is about to change. The shoe is about to be refitted on the other foot. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-09-17 10:57:06 PM |
| #4 Sounds like Armitage is bucking for a promotion to Sec. State if Powell chooses to bolt after the election. If Anonymoose is even close to the mark he's just what that particular cesspool needs. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2004-09-17 10:08:08 PM |
| #3 Just for idle speculation's sake, who would play the part of "Extremely Bad Karma Dude" in a Kerry administration? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-17 9:41:53 PM |
| #2 FYI, Richard Armitage is the US's "Extremely Bad Karma Dude", the equivalent of a diplomatic James Bond. He has virtually any resource, including nuclear, at his command, and any threat he makes is a promise. He is the unelected, bureaucratic version of the POTUS, higher up the chain than any other mandarin. Even his real biography is a mystery--only the smallest fraction of it is publicly available, and subject to change without notice, though still impressive. Remember his name. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-09-17 9:37:40 PM |
| #1 The Syrian Hamas can't dig deep enough to escape the long arm of an Israeli revenge. I think they should give the 'Big Dog'(US) a bone, pat him on the head and save face with a quiet withdrawal from Lebanon, before the 'Pup' (Israel) comes running from the back for a nip!! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-09-17 9:11:34 PM |