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| Syria-Lebanon |
| Saudi FM makes unexpected visit to Syria |
| 2003-04-14 |
| EFL Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal discussed Iraqi security and sovereignty Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during an impromptu visit to Damascus, the official SANA news agency said. Their talks focused on "efforts by Iraq's neighbors to restore security and stability and to preserve the country's territorial integrity" SANA said. Preserving their jobs and necks. Prince Faisal's unexpected visit came after the United States stepped up criticism of Syria, accusing Damascus of possessing weapons of mass destruction and allowing senior Iraqi leaders to escape through its territory. Syrian nationals also battled US troops in Baghdad after entering Iraq by the busload, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld charged Sunday. Lost that road game Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa dismissed the allegations of Syrian support for Saddam Hussein's regime as groundless, the official Syrian daily Tishrin said Monday. "Mussa judged yesterday as groundless the accusations of certain American leaders against Syria," the newspaper said. "The United States and major powers should use their military force on behalf of the Palestinian cause and end the Israeli occupation of Arab lands," it quoted Mussa as saying. That's some good shit he's smoking. On Sunday, US President George W. Bush said Syria has chemical weapons, and warned Damascus it must cooperate with Washington as the United States pursues its overthrow of Saddam Hussein. "There is a campaign of false information and disinformation against Syria which began even before the war", the embassy's deputy ambassador Imad Mustapha told NBC television. "Lies, all lies!" |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 PD: Damn good post! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-04-14 19:07:23 |
| #8 We finally got to play Cowboys and Muslims (tm) guess who won? dorf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-14 18:14:20 |
| #7 PD, LMAOSHIUDARDANIAAW (Laughed my ass off so hard I unknowingly did a rain dance and now I am all wet.) |
| Posted by: af 2003-04-14 14:19:20 |
| #6 You speak softly and carry the big stick. That leaves them an out that is favorable to your outcome. After you speak softly, you wait for a response. If they respond and speak back softly, you talk. If they dont you wack them with the big stick. Then speak softly again and see what happens. Actually it can easily be programmed as a subroutine using a loop and conditional expressions. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-14 13:42:47 |
| #5 Deliberately mixing metaphors: As one more swamp is drained, the rats scurry to the next available cesspool of corruption and terrorism. But what happens when there are no more havens? Perhaps then they will find it necessary to sit down, talk about peaceful coexistence with Israel and learn to live with the world. |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-04-14 13:28:19 |
| #4 Faisal to Assad: "Ixnay on the Uster-blay!" |
| Posted by: hermetic 2003-04-14 13:22:41 |
| #3 Saudi Arabia knows they're on the short list, but thought they'd have a couple of years at least to reform and kiss butt. Now Assad Jr. looks like he's accellerating his own demise and the Saudi's are worried. If the dominos fall to quickly the Arab people might get the wrong idea and start taking things into their own hands. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-04-14 12:26:18 |
| #2 Arabs circle wagons. Chief Faisal warns Chief Asshat that infidel cowboys don't use bows 'n arrows or antiquated French / Russian stuff, have really big firesticks and ride in unstoppable iron buffaloes, very big magic. Counted beaucoup coup in next valley. Many scalps taken. Shhhhh. Consult spirits, gain wisdom. Stop dancing with wolves and hyenas and fools. Clean wigwam. (BTW, I am a Native American, Comanche ("take no prisoners"), so no pissed off loonie PC's need get their shorts in a bunch...) |
| Posted by: PD 2003-04-14 11:58:17 |
| #1 The only action in which the U.S. military should use its force with regard to the Palestinian problem is to kill every last member of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and whatever other terrorist groups that share similar views and modi operandi. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-14 11:38:50 |