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| U.S. Asks Syria To Close Down Islamic Jihad |
| 2002-11-20 |
| The United States has asked Syria to close the Islamic Jihad offices in Damascus. U.S. Ambassador Dan Kurtzer informed Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of such today, after Netanyahu just yesterday asked foreign ambassadors with whom he met to demand that Syria do exactly that. "Take the case, for example, of the attack in Hebron, of the Islamic Jihad," Netanyahu told them. "That organization is based in Damascus. Ramadan Shallah, its leader, in fact enjoys the patronage and the protection of the Syrian government. And therefore, I urge all of you to include in your policies the clear-cut demand that Syria be told to stop this action, be told to close down the offices of the Islamic Jihad and the other terrorist organizations; the clear-cut demand that Hizbullah be declared a terrorist organization." He also said that Iran must also be similarly pressured. Seems that if Syria is the hand behind Islamic Jihad, then Syria should be held responsible for its actions... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |