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| Syria Welcomes Powell Visit But Not Inspectors |
| 2003-04-17 |
| Syria's foreign minister welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's upcoming visit Thursday as a "good will gesture" after weeks of rising tension, but said UN inspectors would not be allowed in to look for the chemical weapons Washington alleges Syria has. "Nope. Nope. Ain't got none, so you don't need to look..." At a news conference after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa also warned the United States against a lengthy occupation in Iraq. "We are facing a dangerous transformation and the occupation of an Arab country, Iraq," al-Sharaa said. "We have said that occupation is rejected by the majority, if not all, of the Iraqi people and the days ahead will prove this." "We're working hard to make them prove it..." He added the "appropriate method to achieve stability... is the withdrawal of the invading forces and allowing Iraqis to have their own |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Ok,we will withdraw to Kurdistan,and Greater Kuwait(Southern no fly zone). |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-18 09:51:28 |