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To: D. Long who wrote (30383)	2/19/2004 1:43:18 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793706

Syria is being "Wolfowitzed." Khaddam: Syria Wants to Hold Peace Talks The Guardian DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria has sent messages to bitter foe Israel via Turkey offering to restart stalled peace talks between the two countries, Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam said Wednesday. The messages carried by Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul expressed ``Syria's readiness to resume peace talks from where they broke off'' in January 2000, Khaddam said. They also said that Syria was ``still committed to the peace process in accordance with U.N. Security Council resolutions.'' Khaddam spoke to reporters in Damascus following a meeting with an Iraqi delegation of peasants. Syria wants talks to resume from where they broke off in 2000, when the previous Israeli government accepted a withdrawal from almost all the Golan Heights, seized by Israel in 1967. But Israeli Prime Minister Sharon insists the negotiations should begin from scratch. Raanan Gissin, senior aide to Sharon, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he did not know of any message that had been passed to Israel from Syria. He said that Israel is prepared to negotiate with Syria without preconditions, ``and that does not mean starting where the talks left off.'' He said that first, Syria must pass ``the test of actions,'' cutting off support for Hezbollah and other terrorist groups. In the past, Israeli officials have not rebuffed the Syrian overtures, but the Sharon government has never indicated it would return all of the captured Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for peace, as offered by a previous, moderate Israeli government before talks broke down. Gul, in an interview with the London-based Arabic-language al-Hayat newspaper published Wednesday, said Turkey had received letters and documents from the Syrian side and delivered them to Israel and the United States during his recent visit to Washington. He reiterated Turkey's willingness to help revive Syrian-Israeli peace talks. Turkey, which enjoys warm relations with Israel, recently said it was also willing to act as an intermediary between Israel and Syria in a bid to revive the countries' peace negotiations. Turkey has also sought recently to improve relations with its neighbor Syria. In January, Syrian President Bashar Assad made the first visit ever by a Syrian head of state to Turkey. Assad told The New York Times in November that he wants to renew peace talks with Israel, and he has repeated the offer several times.

To: D. Long who wrote (30383)	2/19/2004 8:30:34 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793706

Content HAS been regulated- the supreme court has SAID that in the very rulings you cite- it is NOT content neutral if there is a compelling state interest, hence content HAS been regulated. The only thing you are saying is that it can be regulated if there is a compelling interest. The compelling interest here is "security"- which only applies to people with signs that didn't support Bush. If you were really a terrorist out to injure Bush, what kind of sign would you be holding? Duh. It is not a logical restraint. Obviously anyone can make an argument that there is a compelling state interest- and in the case of abortion protestors there is a history of violence. The private person/captive citizen doesn't work either, when you are dealing with a political figure at a public event. There is not the same history of violence with political protestors, nor is there an aim to stop a service, they have the aim of airing their views. The anti-abortion cases are easily distinguishable by competent counsel. Good try though.