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2007-07-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by ryuge 2007-07-24 08:06|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 I should have known then that anything "verified" by the U.N. must be checked at least twice. I should have known, too, that anything to which Mr. Annan devoted his personal attention would inevitably become worse. Last September, Mr. Annan paid a visit to Syrian dictator Bashar Assad after the latter had declared he would treat any attempt by the U.N. to deploy peacekeepers along the Lebanese-Syrian border as a "hostile act." To defuse the impasse, Mr. Annan simply accepted Mr. Assad's assurances that Syria would police its border and prevent arms smuggling. "I think it can happen," said the diplomat at a press conference. "It may not be 100%, but it will make quite a lot of difference if the government puts in place the measures the government has discussed with me."

What happened, predictably, was the opposite. In May, Fatah al-Islam, a terrorist group whose leadership was imported from Damascus, attacked Lebanese army outposts outside the Palestinian refugee camps of Nahr El-Bared and Biddawi, causing a bloody standoff that continues till this day.

Kofi Annon, heh ? We really have to get serious about the UN.

Posted by wxjames 2007-07-24 10:26|| 2007-07-24 10:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I figure Kofi's new group with Mandela, Tutu, and Jimmah will bless Syria's land grab.

Posted by danking_70 2007-07-24 10:34|| 2007-07-24 10:34|| Front Page Top

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