Bush: We staan niet toe dat Syrië WMD heeft II

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 14:53 schreef Sidekick het volgende:

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idd, dat warme weer is niet goed voor normale inhoudelijke posts.

Niet mijn schuld dus

Maar goed, nu staat de VS dus wel he-le-maal alleen, dus die oorlog komt er nu dus echt niet.

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 14:25 schreef Chadi het volgende:

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Nou gaan we wapeninspecties instellen in al die landen om er zeker van te zijn!

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 14:55 schreef Chadi het volgende:

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Balkenende zit toch aardig hoog in de reet van Bush te ploerten!

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 14:52 schreef MelkKoe het volgende:

Syrië
Saddam

Hoeveel meer bewijs wil je nog?

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Ik stel voor dat we Jan afschieten.

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 15:02 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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jah man er hebben ook zoooooooo veel Nederlandse soldaten meegedaan met Iraqi freedom

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_{weer een baggerpost, dit weer is funest voor hoogwaardige posts}

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 15:04 schreef Sidekick het volgende:

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Jan Blom is een hele divisie in zijn eentje (goed gecamoufleerd).

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_{weer een baggerpost, dit weer is funest voor hoogwaardige posts}

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 15:04 schreef BAZZA het volgende:

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SP
Stalin
SS

Ik stel voor dat we Jan afschieten.

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 15:06 schreef sp3c het volgende:
Socialisten

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 15:07 schreef Ernst het volgende:

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Schröder.

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 15:07 schreef Ernst het volgende:

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Schröder.

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we komen dr wel

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 14:55 schreef Chadi het volgende:

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Balkenende zit toch aardig hoog in de reet van Bush te ploerten!

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Uitgegeven: 15 april 2003 16:58

DAMASCUS - Syrië heeft dinsdag de beschuldigingen van de Verenigde Staten dat het chemische wapens ontwikkelt, afgedaan als dreigementen en leugens. Die zouden alleen zijn bedoeld om Israëlische belangen veilig te stellen.

Volgens het Syrische kabinet zijn de beschuldigingen van de Verenigde Staten een poging de ,,nationale beslissingen'' te beïnvloeden.

Ook zou Washington proberen de houding van de Arabische staten tegenover Syrië, dat zowel aan Israël als Irak grenst, te veranderen. Syrië noemde de Amerikaanse aantijgingen eerder al ongefundeerd en betitelde de beschuldigen als een lastercampagne die door Israël actief wordt gesteund

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Rusland waarschuwt VS

Rusland heeft de VS gewaarschuwd dat het zijn kritiek op Syrië moet inbinden. "Harde uitspraken die in Washington gedaan worden kunnen de situatie in het Midden-Oosten aanzienlijk bemoeilijken", zei onderminister van Buitenlandse Zaken Alexander Losyukov.

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 17:35 schreef SilverMane het volgende:

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Laat die klote russen is naar hun eigen conflict kijken in Tsjetsjenië, inplaats van het grote geweten van de wereld uittehangen. Stelletje hypocrieten.

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Ik begrijp alleen niet waarom de VS inderdaad niet blij zijn met de Russen in Tsjetsjenië, terwijl je wel Amerikanen hebt in Kazachstan, Georgië, Dagestan, en iets verder weg, Afghanistan, de Fillipijnen, Indonesië, en nog verder weg, Bolivia, Columbia, etc., etc.. Die zitten daar echt niet om thee te drinken ( want het zijn allemaal militairen ).

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 10:16 schreef George_Bush het volgende:

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Amerika laat zich (terecht) niet stoppen door het argument dat ze het verdrag niet hebben ondertekend.

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http://www.davidicke.net/tellthetruth/research/bushcrimefamily.html

Geen enkel argument stopt Bush.

Of ze het nou wel of niet hebben ondertekend.

Powell's remarks came as Iraqi religious and political leaders met Tuesday for the first time to chart the future of their country after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Diplomatic sparring continued Tuesday between Syria, U.S. and British officials. The White House has accused the Middle East nation of producing chemical weapons, harboring senior members of Saddam's regime and supporting terrorism. (Full story)

Syrian officials have vehemently denied the allegations.

"It's not about whether the accusations are true or not," said Imad Moustapha, Syria's deputy ambassador to the United States.

"What they want to do is ... keep on repeating them day in, day out, every day, every day, and some people will eventually end up believing them."

Powell acknowledged the Bush administration had "concerns" with Syria as well as Iran. But he said there were no plans for another war.

"There is no list" of U.S. enemies in line for military action, Powell said. "There is no war plan right now to go attack someone else -- either for the purpose of overthrowing their leadership or for the purpose of imposing democratic values." (Annan concerned)

British Foreign Jack Straw on Tuesday also said Syria has "important questions" to answer. (Full story)

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Jaja Amerika had de plannen voor Syria al op tafel liggen voordat de oorlog in Irak begon

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 21:41 schreef El_Catalan het volgende:
Powell acknowledged the Bush administration had "concerns" with Syria as well as Iran. But he said there were no plans for another war.

"There is no list" of U.S. enemies in line for military action, Powell said. "There is no war plan right now to go attack someone else -- either for the purpose of overthrowing their leadership or for the purpose of imposing democratic values." (Annan concerned)

British Foreign Jack Straw on Tuesday also said Syria has "important questions" to answer. (Full story)

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Jaja Amerika had de plannen voor Syria al op tafel liggen voordat de oorlog in Irak begon

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 22:05 schreef DiGuru het volgende:

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Net zoals we nu weten, dat het plan voor de aanval van Irak al meer dan een jaar klaarlag. Over een oorlogsplan tegen Syrie heb ik nog niets gehoord, maar het zou me toch wel heel erg verbazen als dat ook niet al lang klaar ligt.

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 22:05 schreef DiGuru het volgende:

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Net zoals we nu weten, dat het plan voor de aanval van Irak al meer dan een jaar klaarlag. Over een oorlogsplan tegen Syrie heb ik nog niets gehoord, maar het zou me toch wel heel erg verbazen als dat ook niet al lang klaar ligt.

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Op dinsdag 15 april 2003 22:09 schreef Strijder het volgende:

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Geloof ik graag, dat ze die plannen al langer hadden. De meeste landen zullen denk ik wel scenario's hebben liggen hoe je je buurland kan aanvallen ( voor het geval dat ). Het probleem met de VS is dat ze denken ( ? ) dat je die ook moet gebruiken ( alhoewel Irak en Syrië nou niet echt buurlanden van de VS zijn ( wel weer van Israël, maar da's weer een ander onderwerp ) ).

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Liever een vriendelijke en diplomatieke VN aan het roer, dan een USA die er toch allemaal schijt aan heeft, zolang zij er maar beter van worden. De VN is in ieder geval oprecht tegen onnodig mensen doodmaken en voor iedereen in zijn of haar waarde laten.

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US starts military-build along Iraq's border with Syria: German daily

Berlin, April 14, IRNA -- The United States has apparently began a
major military build-up along Iraq's western borders with Syria, the
daily Bild cited confidential remarks by an unidentified US general.

New American troop contingents and heavy military hardware,
including A-10 fighter planes, M1 'Abrams' tanks, 'Apache' combat
helicopters and massive bomb arsenals, have been secretly deployed in
the Iraqi town of Ar-Rutbah .

Washington has repeatedly threatened Damascus over the past days
for allegedly aiding the deposed Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.

Syria has dismissed the American charges.

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Day 27 of Iraq War

Ultimatum for Assad as US Special Forces Land

Although President George W. Bush and administration spokesmen have carefully skirted any explicit threat of military action against Syria, DEBKAfiles military sources report that Sunday night, April 12, small teams of American undercover troops were already inside Syria marking out the hideouts of Saddams close family, his top lieutenants, military leaders and the directors of his banned weapons programs. US special forces troops were additionally directed to locate the men who drive the operational arms of the Hizballah, Jihad Islami and Hamas terror groups.

Twenty-four hours later, Monday night, three events brought Syria even closer to becoming the object of direct American action, additionally placing France in Washingtons sights - albeit for a different kind of punishment. Syria faces imminent economic sanctions at best although, since experience shows they never work, military action is very much on the cards. France stands to pay a diplomatic and financial price for certain actions that have come to light.

DEBKAfiles Washington sources describe the White House as particularly incensed over the following pieces of intelligence:

A. Documents coming to light in Baghdad directly incriminate Syria as a full partner in the financing, development and concealment of Iraqs weapons of mass destruction programs. A source familiar with the new data reveals that Syria was not only a full partner but active in every stage of these programs to the point that they deserve to be called Iraqi-Syrian, not just Iraqi, undertakings.

Well before the UN weapons inspectors came on the scene last year, the Syrian president Bashar Assad took it upon himself to conceal the banned weapons, one by one, as they came off the production line. Syrias support for Iraq in the UN Security Council and the attacks leveled by foreign minister Farouk a-Sharah against Washington, for venturing to accuse Iraq of concealing weapons of mass destruction, were staged to misdirect attention from the biggest political, intelligence and military fraud perpetrated since the Cold War ended.

Washingtons indignation over these discoveries has been manifested in a torrent of warnings to, and charges against Damascus in the last three days. Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld took the opportunity of the warm welcome he gave the visiting Kuwait ruler on Monday, April 14, to produce intelligence that Syria had conducted chemical weapons tests in the last year.

He could have said more. According to DEBKAfiles Washington sources, the defense secretary was also informed that in the same period Syria test-fired missiles fitted with chemical warheads from Aleppo in the north to Djebel Druze in the south near the Syrian-Iraqi-Jordan border junction. Damascus carried out the test on behalf of the Iraqi-Syrian partnership for developing unconventional weapons.

B. The details of the comprehensive military collaboration treaty Assad secretly concluded with the now deposed Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein that were first exposed in DEBKAfile in September 2000 are only now emerging in full. Under its terms, Syria was bound to furnish an escape hatch for fleeing Iraqi military, political, scientific and intelligence top echelons working on the banned weapons programs, as well as providing concealed locations for production to continue. Damascus was therefore committed to taking over the shared WMD projects from the point they were interrupted by a war emergency in Baghdad.

C. This discovery relates to the aid rendered Syria by France. DEBKAfiles exclusive intelligence and military sources reveal that, from Monday night, April 14, groups of Iraqi military and scientific leaders have been transferred from Syria to France. This came about as a result of President Chirac consenting to help Assad live up to his commitments to Saddam Hussein and keep their forbidden weapons out of sight and their existence denied.

These discoveries led the Bush administration to slap down before Damascus a three-part ultimatum:

1. First, in view of Syrias long record as sponsor of terror, the Assad regime is required to dismantle at once the command centers of the Lebanese Hizballah and the Palestinian Jihad Islami and Hamas Damascus headquarters and turn their leaders over to the United States. A list of names is supplied.

2. To hand over without delay all the weapons of mass destruction on its territory, whether they are Iraqi or Syrian.

3. To surrender to the Americans at once every one of the hundreds of Iraqi regime members, including Saddam kinsmen, granted asylum in Syria.

Assads failure to deliver would result in the United States acting to force his compliance.

Washingtons ultimatum evoked a frantic Arab reaction. Saudi foreign minister Saudi Al-Faisal went to Damascus to warn the Syrian ruler of grave consequences should he persist in defying the Americans. He advised him to call an urgent Arab foreign ministers meeting for Friday, April 18, and ask the Arab world to back him up in meeting Washingtons demands. The Syrian ruler has not yet informed the Saudi minister of his intentions.

Though not unaware of the danger hanging over his head, Assad is showing the same kind of stubbornness as Saddam Hussein his ally exhibited when he was urged by a procession of diplomatic well-wishers to show flexibility or go into voluntary exile so as to avert an American invasion.

A brief anecdote indicates the deceptive nature of the Syrian-Iraqi alliance. Iraqs UN ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri, the first Saddam regime official to concede his countrys defeat (The game is over), aroused some sympathy when he burst into tears in New York and vowed to devote his life to a peaceful future for his people. He announced he would be going to Paris.

Well, DEBKAfiles intelligence sources have discovered that the weeping ambassador stayed in Paris only long enough to catch the next plane to Damascus, where he joined his not exactly peace-loving brother, who turns out to be the deposed vice president Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri.

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Op woensdag 16 april 2003 01:54 schreef MelkKoe het volgende:

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Het word toch wat meer dan alleen maar dreigen.

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Powell, who held a news conference in Washington Tuesday, also said the United States has concerns about two of Iraq's neighbors -- Syria and Iran -- but that "there is no war plan" to attack other countries.

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