Syria rejects charges about Iraq border, dares U.S. to provide evidence

[sabra]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/Iraq/2005/09/14/1216849-ap.html

Syria rejects charges about Iraq border, dares U.S. to provide evidence

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria challenged Washington on Wednesday to provide evidence of claims that Damascus had failed to stop anti-American militants from sneaking into Iraq, rejecting accusations of lax border control.

On Tuesday, U.S. President George W. Bush said he was trying to gather allies in a diplomatic effort to stop Syria from blocking the emergence of democracy in the Middle East.

A day earlier, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said Washington was running out of patience with Syria's continuing role in Iraq's violence. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari also warned Monday that Syria was playing a "dangerous game" in allowing insurgents to penetrate Iraq.

"This U.S. intimidation campaign proves that the Bush administration is searching for a scapegoat and for anyone to hold responsible for the failure of its foreign policies," Syrian state-run Tishrin newspaper said in an editorial Wednesday.

[demnan]

1. Careful, Syria

you're dealing with an out-of-control madman.

[sabra]

3. a madman, who likes to fix the evidence around the policy...

[jsamuel]

2. Good sign - "the Bush administration is searching for a scapegoat and for

"the Bush administration is searching for a scapegoat and for anyone to hold responsible for the failure of its foreign policies"

Great sign that they are seeing what is going on in this country. That the Bush administration doesn't reflect the overall US population.

[gratuitous]

4. Evidence?

We doan need no es-teenkeeng evidence, gringo!