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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Khatami Pledges Support to Syria
2005-02-18
President Mohammad Khatami, whose country is in the US firing line over its nuclear activities, voiced Iran's support yesterday for Syria and anti-Israeli groups. "We respect the Syrians who are in the front-line in the fight against the Zionist regime and we salute their legitimate struggle to recover their occupied lands," he said after talks with visiting Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Al-Otari. "We support the resistance in Lebanon and all those fighting the (Israeli) occupation," he was quoted as saying.

Otari on Wednesday said Iran and Syria should form a "united front" against threats from abroad, in an apparent reference to the intense US pressure against both regimes. Earlier meeting the Syrian prime minister Khatami said Iran doesn't want tensions in the Middle East. "Iran supports peace and wants no tension in the Middle East as creating another crisis in this region would just waste energy which could be better used for working toward a just peace," Khatami was quoted by the students' news agency ISNA as saying. Khatami was referring to the harsh rhetoric of the United
Posted by:Fred

#8  Pledge of support:
"We'll stand over here and cheer from the sidelines while you get your head handed to you."
Posted by: Dishman   2005-02-18 2:54:55 PM  

#7  Everything outside of Arabia is occupied lands by Arabs. The invaded and occupied Egypt with its Coptic Christian people, Syria with its Monophysite Christian people, Persia with its Zoroastrian people...
Posted by: jackal   2005-02-18 2:14:01 PM  

#6  I am so sick of this "legitimate struggle to recover their occupied lands" crap. Syria was an aggressor in a war. Syria lost those lands. Syria lost the war. Case closed. Want to talk about "occupied lands"? Then talk about Syrian troops in Lebanon.
Posted by: Tom   2005-02-18 9:24:09 AM  

#5  "Iran supports peace" As they used to joke about Hitler: a peace of Czechoslovakia, a peace of Poland, a peace of Russia, a peace of France...
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-02-18 8:56:01 AM  

#4  Instability also known as history. Those who call for stability are just voicing the fears of the history yet to come, and so they should.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-02-18 4:34:18 AM  

#3  Well, anything that might threaten M.E. stability is bad. It's the #1 concern of Persian and Arab regimes alike. They call for it, fuss over it, virtually swoon in favor of it. Except for the "legitimate armed struggle" stuff, of course. That's okay. So are missiles that can reach Europe and nuke warheads, though they're not developing any. It's all part of, um, preparing for the day in 2297 when the oil runs low and they'll need nuke-powered electricity and the ability to swat really big flies. In Berlin.

Glad it's all so clear.
Posted by: .com   2005-02-18 2:49:12 AM  

#2  Without the (Israeli), it sounds almost French.
Posted by: Dishman   2005-02-18 1:54:57 AM  

#1  â€œWe support the resistance in Lebanon and all those fighting the occupation,”
Posted by: 2b   2005-02-18 12:30:42 AM  

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