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| Middle East |
| Syria will not give up an inch of its territories |
| 2002-08-09 |
| Syria's foreign minister gives vent to whatever's bubbling around in his head... Syria's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Farouk al-Shara, on Thursday met with participants at the second camp for "Arab parties youths," al-Aqsa Intifada course, which is held at the higher Institute for political sciences in Damascus. Al-Shara talked about "Syria's unwavering and principled stand in supporting the Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian uprising until liberation, ending the Israeli occupation and founding the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as a capital.." He said "principled" and his lips didn't fall off... Al-Shara indicated the importance of revitalizing inter-Arab solidarity and strengthening steadfastness and not violating Arab rights. Anybody else's rights, no problem, but watch out for those Arabs... He stressed that Syria will not give up an inch of the Arab lands and will stand as always beside the Palestinian people regardless to sacrifices. Cheese. Sorry we asked... Oh. We didn't. Al-Shara reviewed latest Arab and international political developments especially the international changes took place after the events of September 11, the American conception of terrorism and using this concept in the interests of the "Zionist hegemony in the world and perpetuating the Israeli occupation in the Middle East." Al-Shara also criticized the one - pole policy pursued by the US and its flagrant support to Israel in its continued aggression against the unarmed Palestinian people and against the besieged Iraqi people." He said that the US provides Israel with all sorts of advanced weapons while prohibiting the Palestinians and the Arabs from getting simplest self defense means. The "unarmed Paleostinian people" are the ones who're blowing up! He underlined the importance of the role played by youths in building the bright future of the Arab nation to "restoring back the usurped honor and rights." In English, "usurped" means unjustly taken away. In Arabic it apparently translates to "pissed away." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |