Story found on Arabicnews.com
Did Damascus have a change of heart like Lybia or is this just a load?
Syria wants Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction
Syria-Russia, Politics, 3/13/2006
Syria expects the Middle East region to be free of weapons of mass destruction, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muaallem said on Sunday.
The situation in the Middle East is very complicated at present, and "the policy of the United States and the Israeli occupation complicate the situation," Muaallem said after arriving in Moscow for a four-day visit, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
"Syria supports the initiative of turning the Middle East into a region free from weapons of mass destruction," he said.
Muaallem's talks with Russian officials are expected to focus on the UN probe into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and the situation in the Palestinian territories and Iraq.
Syria has been under intense international pressure following the killing of Hariri last February in a massive truck bombing. Many Lebanese believed Damascus was behind Hariri's death. Syria denied any role but was forced to withdraw its troops from its smaller neighbor last April.
Syria has active contacts with the UN commission investigating Hariri's murder and expects a report by chief UN investigator Serge Brammertz to be "objective," Muaallem said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said on Saturday Moscow stands for finding out the whole truth about the killing and all sides should offer full assistance to the probe. "We are satisfied to note that Syria has confirmed its readiness to cooperate with the international commission probing the crime," Kamynin said.
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless." ~Ayatollah Khomeini
HECK said this in post #2 : Excellent article USA1
-HECK!
It is amazing the different perspectives you get when you look into other forums on the same topic.
On the surface it looks like there may be hope but....
This is something that will never make the evening news here.
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless." ~Ayatollah Khomeini
Unfortunately that is a correct statement, it will barely be a footnote, never on the evening news. It's really interesting what is filtered throug the media.
HECK said this in post #4 : Unfortunately that is a correct statement, it will barely be a footnote, never on the evening news. It's really interesting what is filtered throug the media.
-HECK!
Filter is the correct term.
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless." ~Ayatollah Khomeini
03-14-2006 03:41 AM
