Posted on 05/09/2007 8:19:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House announced Wednesday that President George W. Bush extended for one year sanctions against Syria for what Washington says is its support for terrorism.
The sanctions were imposed in May 2004, then extended in April 2006, "to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of the government of Syria," Bush said in a statement addressed to the US Congress and made public by the White House.
Those include actions "in supporting terrorism, maintaining its then-existing occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, and undermining United States and international efforts with respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq," Bush said.
In the executive order "I declared a national emergency authorizing the blocking of property of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation or reexportation of certain goods to Syria," Bush said.
"Because the actions and policies of the government of Syria continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States, the decree "must continue in effect beyond May 11, 2007."
A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Syria "is a designated state sponsor of terrorism that provides support -- including material and lethal support -- to (the Lebanese Shiite militia) Hezbollah" and other groups Washington has designated as terrorist organizations.
The official said that Syria "also allows its territory to be used by insurgents, terrorists, and former Saddam Hussein regime elements responsible for attacks on US forces and terrorism against the people of Iraq.
"Syria should cease its interference in Lebanon and respond to LebanonÂ’s entreaties to demarcate the border between the two countries and establish normal diplomatic relations," the official said.
Washington also wants Syria "to cease oppression of its own people and to stop silencing their calls for human rights and democratic change," the official added.
After repeatedly refusing to talk with Syria, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held an unprecedented meeting with her Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem on Thursday on the sidelines of a conference on Iraq in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
US President George W. Bush on the lawn of the White House in Washington DC. The White House announced on Wednesday that President has extended for one year sanctions against Syria for what Washington says is its support for terrorism.(AFP/Saul Loeb)
GOOD that would teach them ROFL
Well she certainly won’t be happy. It will expose her to Syria for the nothing she is.
Syria should be bombed and destroyed.
She'll have a statement out shortly, I expect.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, accompanied by Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., discusses rising gasoline prices during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
She's the perfect punchline to a bad joke.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi address an annual Ultimate Women's Power Lunch for U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., in Chicago, Friday, May 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Now if we could get Bush to impose sanctions on the Commie Caucus... better yet have Alberto lock them up for aiding and abetting a sworn enemy during a time of war (YeahRight!)
Excellent news.
She’s the perfect punchline to a bad joke.
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And it is terrifying to realize she is NUMBER THREE in the command structure of this country. She is a walking hammer and sickle.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Damascus, April 4, 2007. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi
A man of conviction!
Don't falter Dubya'!
Wow that’ll show em. Sanctions aren’t going to be enough for any of these Islamofascist countries.
And after all the superlative diplomatic groundwork has been done by Shadow Government Sec’y. of State Pelosi, more recently supplemented by her associate, NBC News(?) strategist Ann Curry, whose carefully crafted series of leading questions afforded Terrorist Sponsor Assad a marvelous opportunity to portray himself as the Reasonable Good Guy, while at the same time clearly implying that Pres. Bush (the Idiot) is sadly remiss in not sitting down for a diplomatic chat with the Syrian Leader, thereby to devise solutions acceptable to Hizbollah, Hamas, and the like.
They definitely strung her too tight. Scary woman.
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