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| Spain urges EU to help Syria control border with Lebanon |
| 2007-09-10 |
| The European Union should offer to help Syria control its border with Lebanon by sending equipment, training and experts to monitor against arms smuggling, EU member Spain said on Saturday. The U.N. Security Council voiced grave concern last month about reports that arms smuggled from Syria into Lebanon were reaching Hezbollah guerrilla groups. Damascus has denied involvement. "The idea is to help Syrian authorities by sending equipment, technical assistance, training, and if necessary experts, to guarantee the control of this border," Spain's foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told reporters after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Portugal. "If requested by the Syrian authorities, the European experts could play a monitoring role, but the effective control of the border would be the sole responsibility of Syria and Lebanon," Spain said in a document distributed at the meeting in the coastal town of Viana do Castelo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Though, in fairness, this proposition is no more absurd then arming the saudis and financing the "Egyptians". Hear, hear. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-09-10 16:28 |
| #5 And Spain has some sort of credibilty on the world stage because.....? Cut and run like yellow cowards when your trains get bombed, and seems to me you lose any right to suggest anything when it comes to middle eastern politics. But that's just me. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-09-10 12:43 |
| #4 The EU keeps paying the fox and still cannot work out what is happening to their chickens. Though, in fairness, this proposition is no more absurd then arming the saudis and financing the "Egyptians". |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-10 08:49 |
| #3 And while they're at it, urge the EU to help ETA control the French border. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-09-10 08:00 |
| #2 DEBKA > Syria orders partial call-up of reserves after recent Israeli air penetration. WORLDTRIBUNE/OTHER > Israeli flight into Syria practice for Iran attack??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-09-10 04:36 |
| #1 "Need some hostages over here!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-09-10 00:27 |