Posted on 11/19/2006 12:51:38 PM PST by Esther Ruth
Syria on the Move in Lebanon and Iraq 20:11 Nov 19, '06 / 28 Cheshvan 5767 by Ezra HaLevi
Syrian-backed Hizbullah may be poised to stage a revolution in Lebanon as back-room negotiations between the US and Syria may result in Israel being pressured to give up the Golan Heights.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem began a visit to Iraq on Sunday. The visit will include meetings with US officials in Iraq at which Moallem will relay Syria’s demand that Israel retreat from the Golan Heights in return for Syrian cooperation in Iraq.
The insurgents that have plagued US troops in Iraq have for the most part entered the country from Syria.
According to preliminary reports, former American Secretary of State James Bakar’s soon-to-be delivered recommendations on Iraq policy include engaging Syria and Iran in negotiations in order to enable the US formulate an exit strategy.
London’s Sunday Times, which has in the past proven the veracity of its Syrian sources, quotes Syrian Baath Party official Ayman Abdel Nour saying that Bashar al-Assad’s “top demand” from the US and Britain is that Israel be pressured to withdraw from the Golan.
"Syria will not do anything unless it has secured guarantees from Washington and London that every action Damascus takes to help them will be reciprocated. It will be a step by step scenario: these actions for those actions,” he said. The Syrian demands also include a staged withdrawal of US troops from the region.
Lebanon Worried About Syrian Coup Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt warned Sunday that Lebanon is on the verge of a coup de tat staged by Hizbullah and other pro-Syrian elements.
"The opposition groups are on the verge of announcing a coup in the country and we should take the brave decision to confront all options," Jumblatt said in a briefing to his ruling parliamentary faction.
Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah attacked the Lebanese government publicly Saturday, saying it lacked credibility. "The Lebanese government is in a state of weakness and is still feeling a huge defeat as the result of the last Israeli war in Lebanon," Nasrallah said in a taped address aired on Hizbullah’s Al-Manar satellite station Sunday.
Nasrallah urged Lebanese citizens to be prepared “psychologically” to take to the streets in support of Hizbollah's demand for a national unity government, though he insisted he was not calling for any violence.
Analysts think Nasrallah’s statements may serve as instructions for pro-Syrian elements in Lebanon to prepare to take control. Hizbullah’s unity government bid consists of a demand that the group, which answers to Syria and Iran, be given veto power on all major government decisions.
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Published: 18:37 November 19, 2006 Last Update: 20:11 November 19, 2006
Well .. if we stab Israel in the back .. America is in for a world of hurt. I just find it hard to believe Bush would turn on Israel.
Israel will give up the Golan Meadows, but not the Heights. It's on the timetable for withdrawal right after the sun burns out and becomes a cold cinder.
Something tells me not to believe a word of this.
What could possibly have strengthened Syria's hand?
Syria's hand is strong because they have nothing anybody wants.
The evil fruits of Rick Warren's visit. He cares not for Israel--
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Letter/v8n2.htm
In the recent words of Bill O'Reilly, America about the Vatican leader's opinions against our building a fence this side of Mexico, "Wise up or shut up!"
I like the way you think!
I've been saying that for YEARS!!!!!!
Screw this nation building NONSENSE!
Kill any government that threatens our nation.
who cares what happens after that.
Next guy give you trouble, kill him to.
I wish we had the will to do that.
If I am President Bush, I will turn the next two years into hell for everyone who oppose us in the Middle East.
Syria, a weekend of light work for one division of Marines, is now dictating terms to George Bush. More fruits of the recent election.
If we give Hitler Poland, that will be enough and he will be happy.
So if we give the slaves of satan what they demand, they will sharpen their knives when they behead us?
How mercifull!
Their stone age murder cult needs to be outcast, and shunned by the rest of the world! Not held up as some sort of noble "religion". The SS viewed Nazism as a religion also! Just because a lot of people are doing it, yadda yadda yadda!!!
Let's see if the kubah can survive a nuclear blast.
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