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| Ahmadinejad to Syria: Don't side with US |
| 2008-04-26 |
| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Syria on Thursday not to side with the Americans. "We must always be prepared to thwart the plans of the US in the region," Ahmadinejad told Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in Teheran. "The Americans are on the verge of destruction" and "anyone who sides with them will also go the same way," Ahmadinejad said, according to the Iranian Students News Agency. In his meeting with Moallem, Ahmadinejad called on Middle Eastern countries to "raise their alert in the face of the enemies' plots and make plans to foil them," his office said. The US government was embarking on numerous operations in the region due to its internal issues, the "dead end" its policy toward Iran and Syria had reached, and the upcoming US presidential election, he said. Moallem mentioned the "sensitive situation" of the Palestinians, saying that "despite the blockade on Gaza and the continuing Israeli aggression, Gazans have succeeded in continuing the resistance under the leadership of Hamas and conducting their affairs." Therefore, he continued, "the peoples' movement of Hamas has gained strength." The Syrian foreign minister also accused the US of making baseless accusations to create internal conflicts and divide the nations of the Middle East. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 The significance of Syria's offing of Mugsy may have gone underappreciated. |
| Posted by: doc 2008-04-26 13:33 |
| #2 t seems like pencilneck is distancing himself from Iran. The pencilneck hopes to fool USA into pressuring Israel to give him Golan, and feed him in return for symbolic alliance Egypt style. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-04-26 07:53 |
| #1 Is it just me, or is anyone else smelling change in Syrian foreign policy? After Saddam, the bombing of Iran's, er, Syria's breeder reactor, the talk of returning Golan, the declarations of Aoun. It seems like pencilneck is distancing himself from Iran. |
| Posted by: Vanc 2008-04-26 06:36 |