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Friday, March 04, 20051109927100
Syria for the Bomb, Again
UK Warns Syria of 'Pariah' Status," BBC News, 4 March 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4317473.stm.
"Bush Offers to Help EU Over Iran," BBC News, 4 March 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4317579.stm.
Repitition today. Trading Syria for a Persian Bomb is old news. American hostility to Baby Assad's Syria is old news. Syria's encirclement is old news. Potential WTO Membership for Iran is old news.
Such obvious Atlantic cooperation on the trade is the only novelty here.
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has warned Syria it risks being "treated as a pariah" if it fails to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.
In a BBC interview, Mr Straw said more UN peacekeepers could be deployed in Lebanon to replace Syrian troops.
His comments come a day after Russia and Saudi Arabia joined growing calls for Syria to withdraw its forces.
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He said Syria had to withdraw "in a sensible, swift but phased way" in order for the country to "come back into the fold of the international community".
"If they don't," he said, "they really will be treated as a pariah."
for the Bomb
US President George W Bush has said he is willing to help European countries in their negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme.
Mr Bush said he had told the Europeans that the US was looking at how it could help move the process forward.
The European plan could offer Iran economic and trade incentives if it abandons its nuclear programme.
As Dr. Barnett writes, it is not "appeasement," it is "the fastest way to getting what we want."
03:05 Posted by Dan tdaxp in Europe, Greater Syria, Iran | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: syria, nuclear weapons