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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5)	4/15/2003 12:35:12 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 156

Emile, you've been proven to be full of shift. Just ask the person next to you to smell you. Israel could have taken out Syria at any point in the last 35 years. They have been prohibited from doing that first by the USSR's friendship with Syria and secondly because US has forbidden Israel from doing that. Now it's in the US interest to rid the world of terrorists and asswipes like you. So it will be done.

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5)	4/15/2003 12:42:00 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 156

British newspaper: US may take military action against Syria Washington has pledged to tackle Hizbullah in the next phase of its 'war on terror' in a move which could threaten military action against President Bashar Assad's regime in Damascus, the British Observer reported on Sunday. This step is part of US efforts to persuade Israel to support a new peace settlement with the Palestinians, the report added. Washington has promised Israel that it will take 'all effective action' to cut off Syria's support for Hizbullah - implying a military strike if necessary, sources in the Bush administration have told The Observer. The new US undertaking to Israel to deal with Hizbullah via its Syrian sponsors has been made over recent days during meetings between administration officials and Israeli diplomats in Washington, and Americans talking to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. It would be part of a deal designed to entice Israel into the so-called road map to peace package that would involve the Jewish state pulling out of the Palestinian West Bank, occupied since 1967. Meanwhile, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said on Saturday U.S. accusations that Damascus had helped Saddam Hussein's Iraq were baseless and challenged Washington to provide evidence. Shara said Syria was not taking seriously what he called "threats" from the Bush administration because "they do not represent the general view in the United States." "These (threats and accusations) are based on allegations that are baseless," Shara told a joint news conference with visiting French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin. "Sometimes (US officials) don't know what they want... We say to them give us evidence," he said. Shara said Syria's ties with Saddam's government were "not friendly for many years" and that Damascus wanted to have good relations "with the American people." "We are victimized. I am telling you now, because (the Bush administration) failed they are trying to pinpoint at a third country, perhaps Syria or another country," said Shara. (Albawaba.com) albawaba.com

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (5)	4/15/2003 12:43:53 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 156

Sharon wants heavy US pressure on Syria Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants heavy U.S. pressure on Syria to oust Palestinian groups from Damascus and Hizbullah fighters from southern Lebanon. In remarks published on Tuesday, Sharon described the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, as "dangerous" and prone to miscalculation. In the interview with the Tel Aviv-based Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, Sharon repeated charges he made before the start of the U.S.-led war on Iraq that Baghdad had moved military equipment to Syria on the eve of the conflict, either to hide the weapons from U.S. forces or to transfer them to Hizbullah. Calling for "very heavy" U.S. pressure on Syria, Sharon said it did not necessarily mean "going to war, but diplomatic and economic pressure". He listed five demands that Israel wants the United States to raise with Syria: -- The removal and dismantling of "Palestinian terrorist organizations" operating out of Damascus -- Hamas and Islamic Jihad. -- The ouster of Iranian Revolutionary Guards from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. -- An end to Syrian cooperation with Iran, including attempts to transfer arms to the Palestinian Authority and incite Israeli Arabs. -- The deployment of the Lebanese Army along Lebanon's border with Israel and the ouster of Hizbullah from the area. -- The dismantling of the surface-to-surface missile network that Israel charges Hizbullah has built in southern Lebanon. albawaba.com