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| Syria’s Secret Service is Behind the ’Iraqi Resistance’ |
| 2003-12-05 |
| From MEMRI, EFL: The November 1, 2003 conference of foreign ministers of the countries neighboring Iraq yielded numerous articles in the Arab press condemning Syria’s pro-Saddam stance. Among the authors were editor of the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, Ahmad Al-Jarallah, and Iraqi opposition member and political commentator Dr. Riyadh Al-Amir. The following are excerpts from the articles: In an article published in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa titled "Syria is Committing Suicide in Baghdad, and No One Besides Her is Dying," Ahmad Al-Jarallah wrote: "On the face of it, Syria washes its hands, because it is Iraqis who are resisting the American occupation – even though suicide bombers possessing Syrian identity cards with serial numbers of the [Syrian] secret service have been apprehended
Even regimes like Fidel Castro’s in Cuba
have renounced these hoary political games. [But in Syria] they are back, [with] a new hoax called ’the Iraqi opposition.’ By receiving the delegation of Iraqi opposition leaders, Syrian President Dr. Bashar Al-Assad signaled a new era in the Syrian-led Iraqi struggle to drown the Americans in the Tigris and Euphrates, just as [Syria] threatened in the past to throw the Jews into the sea. The Syrian ID card part is interesting In a follow-up article titled "Another War of Liberation is Not Inconceivable," Al-Jarallah wrote: "The hope of the Syrian regime – [that is,] reactivating the principles of its policy
of interfering in other [Middle East countries’] business by means of a conference of foreign ministers of countries neighboring Iraq
has proved to be in vain
This is because the regional role so desired by the Syrian regime stems not from any real power or any centrality of its actions, but from an inherent parasitic tendency that has turned Damascus into a state living off others
The countries
that answered Syria’s call [to convene] have shown greater [political] acumen than their host, managing to turn the tables on [Syria’s] plan for a Syrian-led anti-American conference
They forced the Syrian regime to adopt a rational position, to grasp reality
and to realize that, given the current international reality, its political calculations are anachronistic
The Syrian regime’s prediction that Congress’s Syria Accountability Act had no chance of passage because it was inconceivable
was proved false, [because] it was based on erroneous calculations. The law was ratified
because today Syria is endangering American and global interests in the Middle East, particularly since maintaining the Syrian regime is no longer in anyone’s interest
Heh, heh, heh. In an article posted on the liberal Arabic website www.elaph.com titled "The Old and New Syrian Guard Are in the Same Pit," Dr. Riyadh Al-Amir wrote: "[When] Syrian Prime Minister Mustafa Miro gave Saddam Hussein a golden sword
did this express Syrian gratitude for Saddam’s many abortive attempts to assassinate Hafez Al-Assad, or, perhaps, for transporting Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to Syria in trains and trucks just prior to the launch of [U.N.] searches? Maybe it was for transferring the plundered treasures of the Iraqi people
and depositing them in Syrian government banks to revive Syria’s ailing economy
? Interesting reading. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 It's just a matter of time before they can kiss their Assad goodbye. |
| Posted by: B 2003-12-5 11:08:26 AM |