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2003-11-06 Syria-Lebanon

Syria Blames U.S. for âTerrorismâ in Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-11-06 12:49:54 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I suppose it's all part of diplomacy and all that... but I hope that I'll live to see a government official just collapse with laughter when asked for the U.S.'s response to statements like this.

Posted by snellenr 2003-11-6 1:06:47 AM|| 2003-11-6 1:06:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The time to hurl threats over the back fence is nearly over. Time to change to rocks (precision guided of course).

Dorf

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-6 7:52:40 AM|| 2003-11-6 7:52:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 snellenr - You almost got your wish when Richard Boucher made his now famous chocolate makers remark. He didn't double over with laughter, but I'm sure most of us did! I think we're headed toward that day - in our simplisme way, of course. ;-)

Posted by .com 2003-11-6 9:25:52 AM|| 2003-11-6 9:25:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah, the western desert, as the Iraqis call it. Flat and empty. Hell of a place to do a little weapons testing, huh?

Wasn't there something about autonomous robotic "Guardian" development in "Evil Empire News"?

Posted by mojo 2003-11-6 10:41:00 AM|| 2003-11-6 10:41:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Syrian foreign ministry called on the United States to pull its troops out of Iraq, saying their presence has led to chaos and terrorism, according to remarks published Wednesday.

Since when did chaos and terrorism in Iraq become something of great concern in Damascus?

There was no terrorism problem in Iraq when the United States entered the country, a spokeswoman for Syriaâs foreign ministry said in an interview with the London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat.

No terrorism by external organizations, no doubt. Of course, that just leaves that nagging little problem of Saddam Hussein.....

Syrian officials say the long, porous border makes it hard to stop infiltrators.

Anyone care to bet on how long that "porous border" would remain porous if U.S. forces began to gather there?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-6 11:00:24 AM|| 2003-11-6 11:00:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 It would seem to me that the western desert at night would be an infared target shooting gallery.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-11-6 11:33:05 AM|| 2003-11-6 11:33:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Anyone care to bet on how long that "porous border" would remain porous if U.S. forces began to gather there?

To be honest, I think it would get a lot more porous if that happened.

Posted by snellenr 2003-11-6 1:11:32 PM|| 2003-11-6 1:11:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 To be honest, I think it would get a lot more porous if that happened.

Ah, but the rub would be that the porous border would be as far as the crossers would get into Iraq before being filled with lead.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-6 4:50:19 PM|| 2003-11-6 4:50:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 BAR: I was actually thinking in terms of the Syrian forces on the border, and their rapid (very, very rapid -- unimpeded by equipment & uniforms) advance in the general direction of "anywhere away from those M1A2s".

Posted by snellenr 2003-11-6 6:10:22 PM|| 2003-11-6 6:10:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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