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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (674627)3/17/2005 4:43:57 AM
From: Hope Praytochange   of 769670
 
Benedict arnold kennyboy E Phillipps: OOPS! Looks like your guy spoke too soon. The Pro-Syrian prime minister has been reinstated.
First Phase of Syria Lebanon Pullout Roughly Over
By REUTERS

Filed at 4:02 a.m. ET

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The first phase of Syria's troop pullout from Lebanon is ``roughly'' complete, bringing Damascus closer to meeting U.S. demands that it totally quit its neighbor, a Lebanese security source said on Thursday.

The senior source told Reuters all Syrian troops and intelligence officers in Lebanon had pulled back either to the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon or had crossed back into Syria.

``It roughly ended,'' the source said. ``There are just some logistics left. But the people went, all of them.''

The source said that 8,000 to 10,000 Syrian troops remained in the Bekaa Valley while roughly 4,000 to 6,000 had left the country entirely.

Syria agreed to withdraw its troops under intense international pressure and also protests in Beirut. Washington wants all Syrian troops and intelligence personnel out of Lebanon to allow for free elections in May.
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