haaretz.com - 11/30/2008
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WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush believes that Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week. After Olmert updated Bush on Israel's indirect talks with ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/24/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Last night, some friends and I were listening
to “Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend” and the little-known
fact that The Mr. T Experience’s Dr. Frank was a big-time liberal hawk warblogger back in the day came up. Even better, unlike most ...
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What a Time It Was
weeklystandard.com - 12/5/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
Word on the street is Obama will head
to an Arab capital for a major speech in
his first 100 days. I doubt anyone in the United States will care much one way or the other, preoccupied as we are by our own economic problems, but that's not to say such ...
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Why Not Baghdad?
jpost.com - 11/25/2008
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jpost.com —
The chief UN nuclear inspector has urged caution
against prematurely judging Syria's atomic program by reminding diplomats
about false US claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, comments released Tuesday show. The bluntness of ...
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'Don't prejudge Syrian nuclear program' | Middle East | ...
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Bush to Olmert: 'Why are you giving Assad the Golan for nothing?'
Israel Matzav —
... US President George W. Bush asked Israeli Prime Minister Ehud K. Olmert why he is giving Syrian President Assad the Golan for nothing . Olmert had no answer. U.S. President George Bush believes that Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week. After Olmert updated Bush on Israel's indirect talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, the U.S. president demanded, "Why do you want to give Assad the Golan for nothing?" the sources said. "It's not ...
Bush to Olmert: Why are you giving Syria the Golan for nothing?
Israpundit —
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush believes that Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week.
After Olmert updated Bush on Israel’s indirect talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, the U.S. president demanded, “Why do you want to give Assad the Golan for nothing?” the sources said.
“It’s not for nothing,” Olmert insisted. “It’s in exchange for a change in the region’s strategic ...
Bush To Olmert: Why Are You Giving Syria The Golan For Nothing?
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
November 30, 2008
Haaretz
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush believes that Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week.
After Olmert updated Bush on Israel’s indirect talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, the U.S. president demanded, “Why do you want to give Assad the Golan for nothing?” the sources said.
“It’s not for nothing,” Olmert insisted. ...
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