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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ILCUL8R who wrote (1326)	12/25/2001 1:53:00 PM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

I agree, however, I find all the news sources biased.

To: ILCUL8R who wrote (1326)	12/26/2001 12:49:49 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

"Hezbollah and Syria have good reason to worry" about future developments in the U.S. war on terror. haaretzdaily.com Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Tevet 11, 5762 Israel Time: 07:46 (GMT+2) Syria tells U.S. it may crack down on terror groups By Aluf Benn Syria has informed the United States that it is willing to look into ways of shutting down the terrorist organizations that operate out of Damascus, American officials told Jerusalem recently. The Americans raised the issue with Syria after Israel brought it up during its strategic dialogue talks with the U.S. two weeks ago. Some 10 Palestinian rejectionist organizations are headquartered in Damascus, including Islamic Jihad and the military wing of Hamas. The Syrians also permit arms transfers from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Certain people in the American administration are also showing a new receptivity to Israel's request that the U.S. put Lebanon on its list of state sponsors of terrorism. This camp believes that threatening to put Lebanon on this list might persuade Beirut to take a tougher line with Hezbollah. Israel has been requesting this step since the days of Ehud Barak's government, and particularly after Beirut's support for Hezbollah continued even once the Israel Defense Forces had withdrawn from south Lebanon. Until now, however, the U.S. has refrained from putting Lebanon on the list on the grounds that in practice, the country is controlled by Syria. William Burns, the assistant secretary of state for the Middle East, visited Syria and Lebanon two weeks ago and asked their respective governments to shut down the terrorist organizations in Damascus, stop supporting Hezbollah and take steps to rein it in. The Syrians refrained from giving a direct answer at the time, saying only that they were interested in preserving regional stability. During the strategic dialogue talks, National Security Adviser Uzi Dayan proposed to the U.S. that it focus on Syria and Lebanon during the next phase of its global war on terrorism. Dayan told his hosts that Syria wants to open up to the West, and might therefore be more responsive to diplomatic pressure than would many other state sponsors of terrorism. Last week, Dayan said that "Hezbollah and Syria have good reason to worry" about future developments in the U.S. war on terror.