newshoggers.com - 11/2/2008
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By Cernig
Check out this very interesting interview with the Syrian ambassador Imad Moustapha at Foreign Policy magazine.
He says clearly that the US raid into Syria was a "criminal, terrorist act", that it was done for reasons of US politics, that it blind-sided State who he had been ...
tnr.com - 10/28/2008
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tnr.com —
On Sunday, U.S. helicopters accompanied by a special
forces team struck in Sukkariyeh, Syria, just over the
border from Iraq. It was a raid with enormous implications for the war in Iraq and the broader war on terror. The target of the raid was a man ...
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Twilight Struggle
abcnews.go.com - 10/31/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
Apparently Gen. David Petraeus does not agree with
the Bush administration that the road to Damascus is
a dead end. ABC News has learned, Petraeus proposed visiting Syria shortly after taking over as the top U.S. commander for the Middle East. The ...
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Exclusive: Petraeus Wants to Go to Syria; Bush ...
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Syrian Ambassador: Lieberman Assured Me McCain Would Talk With Syria
Think Progress —
... with Foreign Policy magazine, Syrian ambassador Imad Moustapha said that Syria is “doing everything possible within our means” to stop insurgents from crossing into Iraq, and decried the recent U.S. strike into Syria as a “terrorist, criminal act.” Most interestingly, Moustapha said that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) personally assured him that a McCain presidency would open up a dialogue with Syria: ...
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