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| Iraq does not fear US war threats, sez VP |
| 2002-08-30 |
| Iraq said it did not fear threats of military action from the United States. "We could not care less about the threats that are out there. Iraq has a long history with these threats and such despotism," Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan told reporters in Syria after meeting President Bashar Al Assad. "Nope. We ain't worried. I mean, Sammy's in a hole 160 feet down and I'm in Damascus, but we ain't worried..." The official Syrian News Agency SANA said President Bashar Al Assad told Ramadan that Syria would stand by Iraq and opposes the threats targeting it. "This visit has an economic character but it also has a political dimension, especially as Syria opposes a strike on Iraq and is working hard to build an Arab front to head off any US attack," political analyst Imad Shueibi said. Damascus argues an attack on Iraq is the first step towards installing a host of Middle East puppet regimes subordinated to Washington and its ally the Zionist entity. Nailed that one, didn't he? That's as opposed to a host of Middle East puppet regimes subordinated to the Saudi Entity. On the other hand, Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Iraq does not fear ongoing attempts to improve US-Saudi relations regarding the Saudis' rejection of US military strike against Iraq. "We have no fears," Ramadan told United Press International while on a visit to Damascus. "We have a clear position we propose to the Arab countries and every country is free to take the position which it sees adequate." "The Soddies ain't gonna give up their hegemony, and we're willing to kiss Abdullah's, uh... ring to keep from getting flattened. (This better work, dammit!)" He expressed the wish that the Arabs adopt one stand against aggression as it is clear that the Arab nation is targeted by the aggression which started today in Palestine, then Iraq, Saudi Arabia and later Syria. Ramadan said he was partly satisfied with the Arab position supporting Iraq, saying "it is better today compared to the past." "I mean, I think we should be in charge, but as long as it's not the Merkins, that's okay..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |