Syria Readying Defenses Against US Military Action


	Syria Readying Defenses Against US Military Action

blueridge

4-2-2008 4:42 AM

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syria, neoconservatives, war

blueridge says:

Neocons are targetting Syria and Iran before end of Bush's term. Here is more evidence from a country that believes it could be attacked.

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                        DAMASCUS (AFP) - 
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that <SPAN id="lw_1206886047_0" class="yshortcuts">Damascus</SPAN> was prepared for all scenarios in its worsening relationship with Washington, including the use of US military force.                        
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Muallem was responding to a question over whether Damascus feared "a US strike against <SPAN id="lw_1206886047_3" class="yshortcuts">Syria</SPAN> or <SPAN id="lw_1206886047_4" class="yshortcuts">Iran</SPAN>" if US diplomatic efforts fail to isolate Syria.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080330/wl_mideast_afp/arabsummitsyriaus_080330140455"><P>
"We hope that this will not happen. We hope for dialogue and an accord in order to avoid more American destruction to our region, and more deaths to the Americans," he added.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080330/wl_mideast_afp/arabsummitsyriaus_080330140455"><P>
The United States has been trying to isolate Syria which it accuses of backing the <SPAN id="lw_1206886047_5" class="yshortcuts">Hezbollah</SPAN> militia in <SPAN id="lw_1206886047_6" class="yshortcuts">Lebanon</SPAN> and radical Palestinian groups.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/96AD6C91-A86B-404C-A6DA-E534AC641F5C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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