by DrDebugDU » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:04 pm
Welcome back to the real world. Since the press is focused on New Orleans<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>US planes strike 10 times near Syria border<br>From: Reuters From correspondents in Ramadi, Iraq<br>September 14, 2005<br><br>US aircraft struck insurgent targets in the Iraqi town of Karabila, near the Syrian border, more than 10 times overnight, a hospital source said.<br><br>"American aircraft have struck the city of Karabila more than 10 times," the source said.<br><br>...<br><br>Iraq and the United States have complained that arms and fighters are being smuggled across the border with Syria for deployment in cities across Iraq. The Baghdad government closed the Syrian border in places on Sunday.<br><br>The US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said: "Our patience is running out with Syria".<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16599897-38201,00.html">www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16599897-38201,00.html</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><br>Bush Seeks to Pressure Syria Over Lebanon, Iraq<br><br>Washington (VOA) -- President Bush says he is trying to bring more international pressure on Syria to stop blocking emerging democracies in the Middle East and to secure its border with Iraq.<br><br>President Bush says Syria must change its behavior when it comes to blocking democratic reforms in Lebanon and allowing terrorists to cross the border into Iraq.<br><br>Following meetings with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Mr. Bush said Syria can do a lot more to prevent the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq.<br><br>"These people are coming from Syria into Iraq and killing a lot innocent people. They are trying to kill our folks as well," said Mr. Bush. The president says he will discuss the issue of Syria with world leaders meeting in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly.<br><br>...<br><br>If Syria does not, Mr. Bush says President Bashar al-Assad will find himself increasingly isolated. "The Syrian leader must understand that we take his lack of action seriously, and the government is going to become more and more isolated as a result of two things," added Mr. Bush. "One, not being cooperative with the Iraqi government in terms of securing Iraq, and two, not being fully transparent about what they did in Lebanon."<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.aina.org/news/20050913143854.htm">www.aina.org/news/20050913143854.htm</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>