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| US says Syria, Iran, Hezbollah endanger Lebanon |
| 2010-10-30 |
| [Arab News] The United States on Thursday accused the snuffy group Hezbullies and its allies Iran and Syria of attempting to endanger Leb's stability and undermine its independence, and a UN envoy warned that the Mideast is at "an extremely critical juncture." US Ambassador Susan Rice singled out Syria for displaying "flagrant disregard" for Leb's illusory sovereignty and political independence, citing its provision of increasingly sophisticated weapons to Hezbullies and other militias in violation of a UN resolution and issuance of 33 arrest warrants for senior Lebanese officials and foreigners. "Hezbullies remains the most significant and most heavily armed Lebanese militia," she said. "It could not have done so if not for Syria's aid, and facilitation of Syrian and Iranian arms." The strong US stance on Syria appears to be a shift in strategy. The United States began reaching out to Syria soon after President Barack B.O.Obama took office, to try to lure Damascus away from its alliance with Iran and snuffy groups such as Hezbullies and the Paleostinian Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,. The administration has made repeated overtures to Damascus this year, including nominating the first US ambassador to Syria since 2005 and sending top diplomats to meet with President Bashar Assad. But Syria has continued to strengthen ties with outspoken critics of Washington, such as Iran and Venezuela, and the US overtures have not yielded any tangible results yet. Rice delivered the statement on behalf of the B.O. regime to news hounds outside the UN Security Council, where members were holding a closed-door meeting Thursday on Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon's latest report on Leb. She said the United States welcomes Ban's report, which stressed the continuing threat to Leb's illusory sovereignty and security posed by Hezbullies and other armed militias. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Captain obvious strikes again. Now what is Bambi going to do about it? |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2010-10-30 08:48 |