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Title: Syria Halts Diplomacy After U.S. Military Strike
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Published: Oct 28, 2008
Author: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12251228
Post Date: 2008-10-28 10:51:48 by tom007
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WASHINGTON -- Damascus largely froze high-level diplomatic efforts with the U.S. after an American strike inside the country, a move that threatens support for broader peace initiatives in the Middle East. Syrian officials on Monday sent a demarche to the American Embassy in Damascus in response to what it claimed was a U.S. cross-border helicopter attack inside eastern Syria on Sunday that killed eight people. President Bashar Assad's government said it was largely freezing high-level diplomatic engagement with the Bush administration for its remaining three months in office. Syrian diplomats said that before the raid they had been considering inviting to Damascus the State Department's point man on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, for talks aimed on furthering Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations, as well as efforts to stabilize Lebanon and Iraq. "Obviously, we're not going to be inviting Welch to Syria now," said Ahmed Salkini, spokesman for the Syrian Embassy in Washington. "Any sovereign country that is attacked unprovoked has the right to respond." Pentagon and White House officials declined to comment on Syria's charges. Bush administration officials have regularly charged Syria with failing to stop the flow of foreign and al Qaeda fighters into Iraq. The Associated Press reported the raid killed the al Qaeda-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq. The operation targeted the home of Abu Ghadiyah; the Treasury Department has named him as one of four major figures in al Qaeda's Iraq wing who were living in Syria. Relations between the U.S. and Syria had shown signs of improving in recent weeks. Late last month, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Mr. Welch held rare face-to-face meetings with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in New York. Both sides said they hoped to follow up the meetings by developing a more regular dialogue focused on Middle East security issues. Ms. Rice particularly praised Damascus's pursuit of peace talks with Israel and its decision to open formal diplomatic relations with Lebanon. Mr. Moallem said he sought greater cooperation with the U.S. in confronting al Qaeda and other extremist groups in the region. The Bush administration froze most high-level engagement with Syria following the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. A United Nations probe has implicated Syrian intelligence officials in the assassination. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said that if elected he would seek to directly engage Syria in a bid to win its support for stabilization efforts in the Middle East. The Republican Party's candidate, John McCain, also has been supportive of the Israel-Syria peace track. Still, Sunday's attack appears to be a signal that the Pentagon is taking an increasingly aggressive stance against countries that appear to be aiding militant groups, whether it's Syria or Pakistan. This doesn't mean, however, that this rules out diplomacy occurring at the same time. The American cross-border attack has also sent jitters to Iraq's other neighbors, namely Iran. Syria and Iran have been opposing Iraq signing the Security of the Forces Agreement with the U.S., and have expressed anxiety that the U.S. could use its military bases in Iraq to stage cross-border attacks on their soil. —Farnaz Fassihi in Beirut contributed to this article. Write to Jay Solomon at jay.solomon@wsj.com
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#1. To: All (#0)
Good job Bush - just what Tel Aviv wanted. You better hope their is not a judging God.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" "Obviously, we're not going to be inviting Welch to Syria now," said Ahmed Salkini, spokesman for the Syrian Embassy in Washington. "Any sovereign country that is attacked unprovoked has the right to respond." why did the bush admin do this now????
Cause they are Flat Bat Crazy?
"Satan / Cheney in "08" Good job Bush - just what Tel Aviv wanted. "Oy Vey! Ve vill alvays hold your coat, Uncle Samuel, vhile you vanquish our anti-Semitic Semitic neighbors for us." -Big Jew
It's Great to be White!
Bad imitation Adolf Hitler wannabe, keep your brown booting day job, acting ain't your forte.
"Oy Vey! Ve vill alvays hold your coat, Uncle Samuel, vhile you vanquish our anti-Semitic Semitic neighbors for us." -Big Jew I can imagine hearing this being said by bigjew and his accent. LMAO.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx Hey Doug, your mom have any kids that lived?
You are a chickenshit piece of semen vomit.
You need an Obama-exorcism. I can see your tree-huggin head spinning like that of an owl's while your mouth spews green bile ... Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot to include the Richard Pryor quote that is so apropo ... "get that cross out your pussy, you're funkin up the whole forum"
Where's your birth certificate Barack ?
Heh, kewl, that's one of my favorite quotes from him.
Shit? Semen? Vomit? Eww! Very Jewish the way you go straight to insults using body fluids/excretions, Polecat Mike McCarthy. Why would an insufferable Shabbos goy/cryto Jew like you hang around a forum for patriots where he is obviously not wanted? Wouldn't you be more comfortable at http://moveon.com or the Daily KOS where Jews, other non-Whites and their collaborators -- like you -- hold court to attack normal White Americans whose racial instincts yet unblunted? Social controls, such as shunning, are much more effective than are the laws that attempt to negate them. We can all see that you are now feeling the sting of ostracization. Nobody here likes you, Polecat, except your fellow travelers.
It's Great to be White!
I am a poster at the Daily KOS and the Democratic Underground, putz. Now, be a good little nudnik and go play in traffic.
Do understand this, and do understand this well. It is said in a very heartfelt manner. I don't ever post anywhere giving a shit whether this is so or not. I rarely do chat, and I am seldom on the phone. But my oh my, I sure like to give my opinion, and even to see what others are thinking. Let me know if that was too hard to comprehend, I'll gladly explain further if you need me to.
"Nobody here likes you, Polecat, except your fellow travelers." I don't ever post anywhere giving a shit whether this is so or not. That much is clear, Polecat. So, you post at the Jewey anti-White Daily KOS and Democratic Underground, eh? Do you believe your Jewey partners in crime there would extend the same free reign of their discussion boards to the Hypocrisy Cop that you enjoy here, with your decidedly Jewey, non-responsive insults? People here know all about your Jewey double standards for what constitutes "free speech." I'm going to go take another look at 4um's home page. I seem to remember there being SOME logical limit to posters' "free speech," like when an obviously disruptive, counterproductive opponent of our "freedom of nonassociation" is recognized as the enemy.
It's Great to be White!
I signed on at both of them long before coming here and that has never been a secret. Now as for your delusions about Jews and love of anti-Semitism, I can't help you there. in that, you are on your own. I have been on many forums for about 13 years. Including the Free Republic and LP as 'ferret'. I think you will find that being account holders at other venues does not eliminate you from here. But thanks for amusing me with your frustration.
The mission of this forum is to provide a cyberspace meeting place where lovers of individual freedom can gather to post articles and opinions about the world's events and how these events affect their unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property. One of our fundamental rights is that of our right to freedom of association. The correlative right to freedom of association is the equally important right to freedom of non-association. Yes, the right to NOT associate -- to exclude people from our interrelationships, for any reason, based on personal preference, is also a fundamental right. This right should be free from government interference, coercion, policies, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, or force. Another fundamental right is the right to private property -- to own and enjoy our property free from government or second-party interference, as long as one's use of that property does not trespass on the equal rights of another. Consistent with these two fundamental unalienable rights, this forum constitutes the private property of its owners and, as such, allows for the exercise of our right to freedom of association and freedom of non-association, based on our preferences. Therefore, regarding banning policies of this forum, as they relate to the protection of private property, the owners reserve the right to suspend or terminate the posting privileges of guests on this forum at our discretion. That said, we will endeavor to use this discretion judiciously while being mindful of not allowing guests to post on this forum who, we believe, are detrimental to the goals and values consistent with that of individual liberty. Thank you --- Thank you, Christine. As per the last paragraph of 4um's Mission Statement, the line may have been crossed by one of your more active guests, Polecat Mike. I see you reserve the right to disallow posting by those identified as being "detrimental to the goals and values consistent with that of individual liberty." I submit that Polecat has violated my freedom not to associate with Shabbos goy race-mixers who spew filthy insults at sincere patriots, under cover of exercising his own personal liberty to do so. As you state, 4um is your private property. The right to suspend or terminate the posting privileges of disruptive guests on 4um is at your discretion only. I have the feeling I'm not the first to bring the Polecat's disruptive influence to your attention. His deliberate subversion of your outstanding 4um would seem to merit summary termination, but that's just my opinion. Suspension of an incorrigible, avowed anti like Polecat amounts to a meaningless cyberslap on the wrist. It's been my experience that an occasional culling of riff-raff "guests" is good -- the harder, the better. To not remove the subversive gadflys tends to have an insidiously demoralizing effect on those solidly on board with you to build what you envision, those who share for the most part the same Politically Incorrect "personal preferences," as you say.
It's Great to be White!
Christ, more banning BS. Just like FR's infamous bans and LP, this kind of mentality you exhibit is sickening and disgusting. What're you scared of? You must be if your only response to Ferret is to ban him. HAHAHA! Pussy. You, sir, have the mentality of the worst Freepers, taking the worst from the mindsets of Hitler, Stalin and Mao. Why dont' you do us all a favor and stop posting. As I wrote on FR, this is a discussion board no discussion allowed. OKCSub was chased off from here. If you don't like it, don't respond to a poster, all you post is drooling,blithering nonsense of your so called mind. Try making some sense sometimes. Another frigging totalitarian wanna be. Sheesh.
Nothing, you little nigger monkey. And it's a cinch you'd never call me a pussy to my face. What's a FR and an LP, Swart? More so-called free speech forums where admitted ADL agents like your Polecat and blue-gummed swarts with an attitude are allowed to freely disrupt discussions among any group of Whites advocating exclusively for the White majority? What's a Freeper? We obviously travel in different circles. I don't associate with your kind, thank you, and I may just grant you your favor and stop posting here. Better stuff to do than watch a few good folks with one foot on the accelerator held back by antis like you pushing hard on the brake. Perfect formula for failure. BTW, How could I be a "totalitarian wannabe," you political pygmy, when I strive for geograpical separation from you non-Whites? A good start would be a forum where your type is expunged as soon as you show your ugly head...just one. Definition of Swarthy Swarth´y a. 1. Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. - Addison. v. t. 1. To make swarthy. Related Words black, blackish, brunet, coal-black, dark, dark-colored, dark-skinned, darkish, darksome, dusk, dusky, ebon, ebony, funereal, grave, nigrescent, pitch-black, raven, sad, sober, somber, sombrous, swart, swarth
It's Great to be White!
Your screed is over-the-top disgusting and 200% offensive, HC.
White: Offwhite, beige, cream coloured, paler shade of white, whiter shade of pale, pasty, sickly. Cascadia wants me, but I can't go back there! Come back, HC, it's ok, we darkies have thick skins, we aren't as sensitive.
Lame ducks don't have much to lose. And Israel is guaranteed a trusted friend no matter who wins tonight.
And, the Syrian govt is the most anti Jihadi govt after old Iraq. Old Man Assad destroyed the city of Homa with artillery killing over 10K MuslimBrotherhood/Wahhab/Salafi types. I don't think they minded us nailing a couple of Wahhabs for them.
Assad was happy to work with Islamists in Lebanon, but at arm's length. He actively suppressed them in Syria, as does his son.
As the world turns, We, Israel and Saudi are now supporting jihadis in Lebanon against Hizbollah, the Shias and the Christians!
The war against "militant Islam" has always been just propaganda for the rubes. The US and Israel will farm out their dirty work to Islamists when they have a common enemy. Israel secretly backed Hamas against the secular PLO, the US backed Iran-sponsored Shi'ites against Saddam Hussein's secular government in 1991 and 2003, and it wouldn't surprise me if the CIA and Mossad are arming the Chechen rebels against Moscow.
"Obviously, we're not going to be inviting Welch to Syria now," said Ahmed Salkini, spokesman for the Syrian Embassy in Washington. "Any sovereign country that is attacked unprovoked has the right to respond."
#2. To: tom007 (#0)
Syrian diplomats said that before the raid they had been considering inviting to Damascus the State Department's point man on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, for talks aimed on furthering Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations, as well as efforts to stabilize Lebanon and Iraq.
#3. To: christine (#2)
#4. To: tom007, All (#1)
"Obviously, we're not going to be inviting Welch to Syria now," said Ahmed Salkini, spokesman for the Syrian Embassy in Washington. "Any sovereign country that is attacked unprovoked has the right to respond."
#5. To: Hypocrisy Cop (#4)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#6. To: Hypocrisy Cop (#4)
Good job Bush - just what Tel Aviv wanted.
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of its very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#7. To: IndieTX (#6)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#8. To: IndieTX (#6)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#9. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
(Edited)
You are a chickenshit piece of semen vomit.
#10. To: noone222 (#9)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#11. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
You are a chickenshit piece of semen vomit.
#12. To: Hypocrisy Cop (#11)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#13. To: Hypocrisy Cop (#11)
"Nobody here likes you, Polecat, except your fellow travelers."
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#14. To: Ferret Mike, All (#13)
To: Hypocrisy Cop (#11)
#15. To: Hypocrisy Cop (#14)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#16. To: All, christine (#14)
I'm going to go take another look at 4um's home page. I seem to remember there being SOME logical limit to posters' "free speech," like when an obviously disruptive, counterproductive opponent of our "freedom of nonassociation" is recognized as the enemy.
#17. To: Hypocrisy Cop, Ferret_mike, Christine (#16)
(Edited)
an occasional culling of riff-raff "guests" is good
#18. To: swarthyguy (#17)
What're you scared of?
#19. To: Hypocrisy Cop, swarthyguy (#18)
#20. To: Hypocrisy Cop (#18)
#21. To: christine (#2)
(Edited)
why did the bush admin do this now????
#22. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#21)
#23. To: swarthyguy (#22)
#24. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#23)
#25. To: swarthyguy (#24)
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