You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria calls on US to produce evidence of involvement in Iraq
2004-12-28
I can't believe they walked into that one. Sure hope Bush intends to run with it...
For an ophthalmologist, he isn't too bright ...
Syria on Monday demanded that the United States produce any evidence that Syria is meddling in Iraq's internal affairs and assisting the insurgency against US-led coalition troops in the country. The state-owned Tishrin daily said Syria has repeatedly called on US envoys and Iraqi officials to put forth evidence to prove their accusations and said Syria was "still waiting" for proof. "The US accusations are nil, void and baseless," Tishrin said in the front-page editorial. Iraqi and US officials, including President George W. Bush, have accused Syria of meddling in Iraq's affairs and aiding the insurgency.
Posted by:Fred

#14  One of the dangers of showing them what we have is that they then also find out what we don't have, and perhaps don't have the ability to find out. I think this demand from Syria might well be an attempt to find out what we've discovered, so as to learn where their security problems are.

All true. This is easily a fishing expedition on Syria's part. Yet, Assad using his own (certain) wrong doing as bait remains something less than brilliant.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-12-28 10:23:58 PM  

#13  I have read that we've actually found people with Syrian passports in Fallujah and other places. Hopefully we have evidence like this
While it's true that Syrian nationals have been caught in Iraq, that's not evidence per se that they are terrorist agents of the state, unless confessions were made to whit. Also, Iraq's borders not being protected for a long time, so Assad could say it was difficult for him to prevent lawless Syrian "individuals" to penetrate Iraq's unprotected borders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3533647.stm
"Improving border security in Iraq is something that Shia leaders have long called for" 3/4/2004
Posted by: joeblow   2004-12-28 8:55:00 PM  

#12  I have read that we've actually found people with Syrian passports in Fallujah and other places. Hopefully we have evidence like this that we can show them without revealing all of our cards.
Posted by: JAB   2004-12-28 7:41:11 PM  

#11  One of the dangers of showing them what we have is that they then also find out what we don't have, and perhaps don't have the ability to find out. I think this demand from Syria might well be an attempt to find out what we've discovered, so as to learn where their security problems are.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste   2004-12-28 6:36:28 PM  

#10  Syria calls on US to produce evidence of involvement in Iraq

Be very careful about what you wish for ...
Posted by: Zenster   2004-12-28 3:28:54 PM  

#9  Targeted bombing at 0300 hours...followed by proof.
Posted by: Capt America   2004-12-28 12:01:08 PM  

#8  Syria on Monday demanded that the United States produce any evidence that Syria is meddling in Iraq’s internal affairs and assisting the insurgency against US-led coalition troops in the country.

Oh, the good old days of pre-PC. Just build a pile of skulls from the corpses of the Syrians killed in the fighting [or after the fighting] in Iraq, facing Damascus, not Mecca.
Posted by: Whaing Wherong1888   2004-12-28 9:17:11 AM  

#7  Not sure why, but my dyslexic synapses always read the name of this pathetic smeghead Sad-Ass.
Posted by: Bugaboo   2004-12-28 8:39:46 AM  

#6  jes' remember:

ya can't spell Assad without A-S-S.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-12-28 8:18:14 AM  

#5  JB: You aren't suggesting inbreeding are you?

Scariest case of inbreeding I've seen thus far involved the French islands of Saint Pierre & Miquelon. But that's a different story.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2004-12-28 3:47:31 AM  

#4  The state-owned Tishrin daily said Syria has repeatedly called on US envoys and Iraqi officials to put forth evidence to prove their accusations and said Syria was “still waiting” for proof.

Whatever GWB has, now's the time to lay it out on the table.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-12-28 3:31:42 AM  

#3  Do you think-perhaps- Assad had his family pull some strings to get him accepted into med school in the UK? Look at his dumb face. Puhleeze-no way Assad could pass a driver's test much less the MCAT facsimile entrance exam.
Posted by: joeblow   2004-12-28 1:17:10 AM  

#2  Syrian Intell: "Yes Mr. Bush...show us the K-12 photos of our supposed incursions!"

Sounds vaguely familiar from the past...Ohh that's right, Iraq (on Kuwait) 1990!
Posted by: smn   2004-12-28 12:54:38 AM  

#1  "Yeah, sure, Assad... I got your proof right...HERE!"
Posted by: mojo   2004-12-28 12:48:52 AM  

00:00