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| Bush warns Iran & Syria not to meddle in Iraq |
| 2004-12-16 |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush has warned Iran and Syria not to meddle in Iraq ahead of elections scheduled for January 30 and voiced new hopes of forging peace between Israel and the Palestinians. At a White House meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday, Bush urged Iraq's neighbours to help the interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi by enforcing border security restrictions in an effort to keep money and arms out of the hands of insurgents. "We will continue to make it clear to both Syria and Iran that ... meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq is not in their interests," Bush told reporters. He spoke after Iraq's interim defence minister earlier Wednesday accused the two countries of aiding al Qaeda Islamist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and former agents of Saddam Hussein to promote an insurgency that has intensified in recent weeks. Iran and Syria deny any links to the Iraqi insurgents battling Iraqi security and U.S.-led international forces. "We expect there to be help in establishing a society in which people are able to elect their leaders," the president said. "We expect people to work with the Iraqi interim government to enforce borders to stop the flow of people and money that aim to help these terrorists." ... |
| Posted by:.com |
| #5 Re: Bush, he's just checking off the boxes, folks. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-16 8:51:42 PM |
| #4 ..and voiced new hopes of forging peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Please. Get your hopes up when the Paleos make significant moves, and not a moment earlier. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-16 10:40:56 AM |
| #3 Debka reports a shipment bound for Iran had laser devices for uranium enrichment that was destroyed in the host country by US Agents. Bet the tip off came from European Intel, the Frenchies hate the US put privately fear a nuclear armed Islamofacist Regime. May be time to glass over Busheyr. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2004-12-16 10:39:41 AM |
| #2 Too many warnings make Bushie a lame president. Some SFA with choice laser painted targets and bomblets might put the exclamation point on that sentence. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-12-16 7:35:04 AM |
| #1 Words mean nothing. Bombing their leadership's homes in the middle of the night is a message that will be heard and understood. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-12-16 2:01:21 AM |