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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran calls for cease-fire, prisoner exchange
2006-07-18
Just wait and he'll speak out of the other side of his mouth; he's trained that way ...
Iran called on Monday for a ceasefire followed by a prisoner exchange to end the confrontation between its Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla allies and Israel. "A reasonable and just solution must be found to end this crisis. A ceasefire and then a swap is achievable," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said after meetings with senior Syrian officials in Damascus.

Hezbollah wants to exchange two Israeli soldiers it captured on Wednesday in a cross-border raid for several Lebanese prisoners of war Israel has held for years and a number of the estimated 10,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails.

Iran's foreign minister arrived in Syria for talks with its government Monday on the crisis in neighboring Lebanon. Mottaki did not speak to reporters on arrival in Damascus, but went headed straight for talks with President Bashar Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Moallem.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  less prisoners, more deaders
Posted by: Frank G   2006-07-18 11:56  

#3  First Israel needs to capture more prisoners to bargain with.
Posted by: DoDo   2006-07-18 11:46  

#2  A reasonable and just solution - what Hezbollah wackos wanted from the get-go.

Or is it what Iran wanted from the get-go?
Posted by: Bobby   2006-07-18 06:34  

#1  Which part of "Put up or Die" did you fail to understand?
Posted by: mojo   2006-07-18 00:13  

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