Posted by: zanshin, 2008-05-08 12:57

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Date: 2008-04-16 (Wednesday)
“While war is not a preferable option, if Israel declares war on Syria and Lebanon or if America declares war on Iran, Syria would be prepared.
We should analyze the situation from the perspective of American interests, because the last war in Lebanon has shown that at some point Israel wanted to stop the fighting, but was forced by the [Bush Jr. Administration] to pursue it further.”
-- Basher Al-Assad, Syrian President, told a gathering of Arab intellectuals according to Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper






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