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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: TideGlider who wrote (680674)	4/26/2005 5:16:31 AM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (2) of 769670

This is huge and should be page 1 on all the national newspapers... Apr 26, 5:07 AM EDT Syria Ends Military Presence in Lebanon By SAM F. GHATTAS Associated Press Writer RAYAK, Lebanon (AP) -- Syria ended its 29-year military presence in Lebanon on Tuesday with a farewell ceremony near their shared border, with a Syrian commander telling Lebanese troops: "Brothers in arms, so long." The soldiers responded, "So long." Some 250 soldiers in red berets and camouflage, the last Syrian troops remaining in Lebanon, shouted chants supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad during the ceremony at the army air base at Rayak, a few miles from the Syrian border. The soldiers' departure comes after heavy international and Lebanese pressure following the Feb. 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Anger over the killing helped turn the tide against Syria's longtime presence in Lebanon. The opposition blamed the murder on the Lebanese government and its Syrian backers, accusations both governments deny. Syria has gradually pulled out its 14,000 troops from Lebanon over the last two months.

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