CNN

10/12/05

Regarding Syria's eastern neighbor, Iraq, [Bashar] Al-Assad said the United States should re-examine its policy there because of the negative consequences of the war. 'We should re-evaluate what's going on in Iraq,' he said. 'What did we achieve, what did they achieve from that war in Iraq,' he asked. 'It's a very simple question. What did they achieve economically, politically, fighting terrorism? ... We didn't achieve anything'...

http://tinyurl.com/cf9tt


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

In the latest official Syrian comment on the increasing pressure on Damascus, Premier Naji Otari said "all the gates of hell will open on the U.S. if it attempts to attack Syria."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10604.htm

U.S. weighed military strikes in Syria, Newsweek reports:

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice successfully opposed the idea at a meeting of senior American officials held on Oct 1, the magazine reported.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=351697



Syria 'fed up' with US's public bashing :

Syria has expressed willingness to cooperate with the United States in matters of security and intelligence information sharing, if America stops its public tongue-lashing of Damascus.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200510101116.htm



Dangers in Damascus:

If the United States turns up the heat, it risks getting burned.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10576.htm



A toy called Assad :

Since the beginning of the war against Iraq, Assad has become Bush's toy - until he succeeded in building him up to an enemy on the scale of Saddam Hussein, or at least the president of Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10577.htm



O'Reilly endorsed assassinating Syrian leader if he "doesn't help us out"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510040005


From Information Clearing House

http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=9710


From Information Clearing House

President Bush and his top aides are weighing new steps against Syria, according to U.S. officials involved in Middle East policy.

http://tinyurl.com/d7vwr


From Information Clearing House

The neocon program is obviously to create a string of client-states in what it calls the "Greater Middle East"---an empire dripping with oil, bedecked with U.S. military bases, spread-eagled for U.S. corporate investment.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10333.htm

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

09/14/05

The pressure on Syria is being increased, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a 'border incident' involving a shoot-out between Syrian and American troops. We may be in for a new Tonkin Gulf, leading to an extension of our 'liberatory' efforts in the Middle East. We already have U.S. Ambassador (i.e., Imperial Viceroy) Zalmay Khalilzad making threats, and this, coupled with the ongoing frame-up of Syria over the assassination of Rafik Hariri, will soon put Damascus in the spotlight. Readers of the 'Clean Break' scenario co-authored by Richard Perle and his gang in Washington will be familiar with the strategic rationale advanced by the Likudniks now in positions of power in the Bush administration: the road to Damascus, always considered by Israel the front line in their battle against the Arab world, runs through Baghdad, and this latest propaganda campaign is similar to the one preceding the invasion of Iraq...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=7249


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Syria is in the cross-hairs: It's not about terrorism, it's not about "keeping America safe" -- it's about the brutal expansion of elite power.

http://snipurl.com/f712

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5 ships ordered to ''surge'' to support war on terror

The Navy has ordered five ships and 2,800 sailors to deploy on unexpected missions to support anti-terrorism efforts in the Balkans and Middle East. Four of the ships will leave today.

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=86917&ran=157050


From Information Clearing House