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REGION | SYRIA Published: 8/6/2005, 06:32 (UAE) US administration to step up pressure Staff Report Dubai: The US administration intends to intensify pressure on Syria to meet various conditions, including refraining from interfering in Lebanon, sources in Washington said. The same sources also confirmed that the administration met with a number of Arab personalities and diplomats with the intention to convey to them specific messages to isolate Syria. Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper that the US administration will approach Arab countries to exert pressure on Syria to meet four requirements: reduce support to Hezbollah, refrain from interfering in Lebanon, secure its borders with Iraq, and to end the existence of Palestinian resistance in its territories. The paper also learned from official sources that the US State Department recently organised a meeting for Arab ambassadors, however the invitation was not extended to Emad Mustafa, the Syrian Ambassador. According to sources, the US administration is talking about changing the "ageing Syrian regime", through Arab and international pressure. This is interpreted by analysts as a turning point in the strategy of the US towards Syria. An Arab diplomat told the paper that the US administration, in its insistent efforts to isolate Syria, is exercising pressure on the European community to abstain from entering into any sort of partnership with Syria. Moreover, the US responded negatively to a request by Europeans countries that both Syria and Washington initiate a dialogue. In a press conference hosted on Monday by the US State Department and attended by Arab journalists, David Welsh, State Secretary Assistant, stated that "international attention" will be increasingly focused in the coming period on Syria and Lebanon, indicating the attention paid by the administration on the assassination of Samir Kassir. Reliable sources told the paper that the Syrian ambassador to the US absented himself from a political banquet hosted by the Yemeni ambassador. It was attended by Elliot Abrams, the Middle East policy adviser at the National Security Council, who made a statement on the forthcoming changes in the Middle East. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
