A big what if...but what if Syria and other Middle Eastern nations are catching on to the fact that if they don't capitulate to the 'War on Terror'
additional attention will be paid to their intentions to develop WMD programs to defend themselves against Israel. Maybe the new trick is: pretend
you're willing to eliminate terrorist support in your country in order to avoid undue attention to your covert weapons programs.
I only mention this because there has been frequent speculation that Iraq's WMD's were exported to Syria and Jordan in the days leading up to the US
invasion and shortly thereafter. If these nations agree to help fight the 'War on Terror' the UN and US would be far less likely to want to hunt
around the country for those weapons.
Just a thought...
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Topic started on 7-10-2004 @ 07:00 AM by FredT
Martin Indyk, former United States ambassador to Israel, has indicated that a fundamental shift may be going on in Syria. Syrian President Bashar
Assad has made unconditional overtures to in regards to making peace with Israel, and is ready to help with US efforts to stabilize the situation in
Iraq. Indicating that in talks with Syria’s president, he detected "clear change" in his opinions
story.news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - Syrian President Bashar Assad is offering to make peace with Israel and says he is ready to cooperate with the United States in stabilizing Iraq a former senior State Department official said Wednesday.
"Something is going on in Syria and it is time for us to pay attention," said Martin Indyk, assistant secretary of state for the Near East and U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Clinton administration.
In a three-hour meeting with the Syrian president last month in Damascus, Indyk said he detected a "clear change" in Assad's views on a number of fronts.
On peacemaking, Assad offered to hold talks with Israel without preconditions, Indyk said, and had made several overtures to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Sharon rebuffed.
In the past, Indyk said, Syria had insisted that any peace talks should resume where they left off during the Clinton administration — with Israel offering to give up all of the Golan Heights, a strategic area Israel won in the 1967 Mideast war.
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Assad has recently shaken up his government and it was noted that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa was not a party to the meeting with Indyk. Evidence Indyk feels shows that the “old guard” is being systematically replaced. Other signs are that he has moved some of the leaders of militant Palestinian groups out of the Syrian capital in response to U.S. pressure. Syria remains on a U.S. list of nations that sponsor terrorism. It also is experience tensions with Israel over a recent suicide bomber that the Israeli government blames Syria for.
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story.news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - Syrian President Bashar Assad is offering to make peace with Israel and says he is ready to cooperate with the United States in stabilizing Iraq a former senior State Department official said Wednesday.
"Something is going on in Syria and it is time for us to pay attention," said Martin Indyk, assistant secretary of state for the Near East and U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Clinton administration.
In a three-hour meeting with the Syrian president last month in Damascus, Indyk said he detected a "clear change" in Assad's views on a number of fronts.
On peacemaking, Assad offered to hold talks with Israel without preconditions, Indyk said, and had made several overtures to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Sharon rebuffed.
In the past, Indyk said, Syria had insisted that any peace talks should resume where they left off during the Clinton administration — with Israel offering to give up all of the Golan Heights, a strategic area Israel won in the 1967 Mideast war.
Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
Assad has recently shaken up his government and it was noted that Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa was not a party to the meeting with Indyk. Evidence Indyk feels shows that the “old guard” is being systematically replaced. Other signs are that he has moved some of the leaders of militant Palestinian groups out of the Syrian capital in response to U.S. pressure. Syria remains on a U.S. list of nations that sponsor terrorism. It also is experience tensions with Israel over a recent suicide bomber that the Israeli government blames Syria for.
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WAR: Syria Agrees to Work with Iraq to Seal Border
NEWS: Israel Warns Syria on Deadly Bus Blasts
NEWS: U.S., Syria Discuss Military Cooperation
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