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| Syria 'to come clean' on al-Qaeda cells |
| 2006-07-23 |
| I think he is telling al-Qaeda to go hide! Could the Syrian guys be scared of Condi? SYRIA is prepared to tell the US the whereabouts of al-Qaeda cells in Lebanon, Britain's Sky News television reported today. Sky News said they had spoken to Syrian cabinet minister Amr Salem. "Syria has real hard knowledge," the channel quoted him as saying. A Sky News correspondent said the Syrians were offering to tell the US where many fundamentalists were. He said the channel was told specifically there were cells of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network in Lebanon, and Syria knew of their whereabouts. Since Syrian troops pulled out of Lebanon last year, the cells have grown, he said. "We know where they are and we can tell you," the correspondent said Sky News was told Syria was prepared to say. The channel also quoted Mr Salem as saying "Syria offers to be an intermediary between Iran and the United States" and "Syria can play an important role in Iraq". Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Mukdad told Sky News yesterday Syria was ready to open a dialogue with the US to resolve the crisis in Lebanon. "It has been Syria's ongoing position that we are ready to have a dialogue with the United States," he said. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #5 See, we have a barganing chip! Don't let the IDF kill us!! |
| Posted by: Oldcat 2006-07-23 19:39 |
| #4 These guys are probably in Syria now but will be available for pick up in Lebanon if there's a deal. That's happened along the Iraq border as well. Interesting observation about Syria giving us al-Qaeda (Sunni) types in exchange for laying off Jizballah (Shi'ite) types. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-07-23 19:32 |
| #3 Seems like they're putting their money on Hezballah because that they deem Al-Qaeda to be all but irrelevant. Hmm. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-23 18:53 |
| #2 We've been holding out on you but we're not on the terrs side. Nope. Not us. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-23 18:30 |
| #1 "Syria has real hard knowledge," Or they did, until this story hit the wire. Thanks a lot. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2006-07-23 17:40 |