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| Powell Accuses Syria of Misleading Him |
| 2003-05-02 |
| efl Secretary of State Colin Powell accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of misleading him about oil deliveries from Iraq as they prepared to meet on the implications of the fall of President Saddam Hussein. "I want to hear from him. What is his assessment of the situation; what are they looking for," Powell said on his arrival in the Arab country. He was greeted at the airport by Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shaara, who then accompanied Powell to his hotel, where they shook hands before a throng of reporters. Two years ago, Powell said, Assad assured him that oil from Iraq was not flowing through a pipeline to Syria. No siree, that's the olive oil pipeline That, he said, turned out to be false. Powell said he had not forgotten that Assad made the promise. "I will always have that lying in my background software and on my hard drive," Powell said. Oh no, he's a state-bot! The oil shipments from Iraq circumvented a U.N. program that permitted Iraq to sell some oil provided the revenue was used for the benefit of the Iraqi people. The pipeline provided Syria with oil below market rates and provided Iraq with additional revenue. Powell also was due to talk to Assad and al-Shaara about U.S. allegations that Syria supports terrorism, that it sent technology and fighters to Iraq and gave haven to Iraqi officials as Saddam's regime disintegrated.... Gee, after they lied about the pipeline, they COULD be stretching the truth on terror support, d'ya think? Glad Powell at least brought it up. |
| Posted by:Mark IV |
| #4 Get a sample of Assad's DNA on the way out, it'll save time later. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-05-02 22:42:49 |
| #3 Good cop/bad cop/valve closing/moab routine.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-05-02 18:54:38 |
| #2 Powell doing the good-cop bad-cop routine again? "Hey you behave, or I'll have to get out of the way and let him (motioning at Rumsfeld) take care of you while I get this knife out of my back" |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2003-05-02 18:17:04 |
| #1 Backbone re-implant secure yessssss |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-02 18:11:02 |