Syria Says Bush Sincere at Mideast Effort
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 8, 2003
Filed at 9:23 a.m. ET
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria does not doubt that President Bush is
sincere in his urging a more stable Middle East but believes his
policies are spoiling American relations with Arabs and Muslims
worldwide, a Syrian Cabinet minister said Saturday.
The comment in a government newspaper was the first official Syrian
reaction to Bush's speech Thursday in which he called for greater
democracy in the Middle East and criticized Syria and Iran in
particular, accusing them of torture and oppression.
Iran was harsher in its response, calling Bush's speech an
``interference'' in Iran's internal affairs and saying the American
leader had no business preaching democracy after U.S. support of
authoritarian leaders in the Mideast and elsewhere.
Syrian Minister of Immigrant Affairs Buthayna Shaaban addressed Bush,
saying, ``We do not doubt your intentions (that) you are really
desirous to make the Middle East a safer and more stable place.''
But ``please allow us to tell you that your policy throughout the past
years has raised the level of ... hatred, closed all peace horizons
and caused big damage to the reputation of the United States,'' she
wrote in the daily Al-Thawra.
Shaaban said solving the Middle East's problems requires dealing with
people ``on an equal footing'' and abandoning ``bias, violence,
racism, occupation, settlement and repression.'' The comments were a
repetition of Syrian criticism that the United States is biased toward
Israel and that the Jewish state oppressed Palestinians and was
occupying more Arab land.
Shaaban said persisting in current Middle East policies will cause ``a
bigger suffering to the region's peoples, widen the gap between the
U.S. and the whole world, and also threaten international peace and
security.''
In his speech Thursday in Washington, Bush said that ``the global wave
of democracy has barely reached the Arab states. Many countries in the
region are mired in poverty and women lack rights and children are
denied proper schooling.''
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09 Nov 2003 06:34:14 AM |
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On 8 Nov 2003 14:38:08 -0800, (Arnold
Holbrook) wrote:
Syria Says Bush Sincere at Mideast Effort
Hahahahah Butcher Bush sincere? Hahahahah what a fool you are. This
man hasn't told the truth since he stole the election. Another dumb
***** American with his head stuck in the sand. Hahahahaha
"life is like a mushroom, they feed you ***** and keep you in the dark"
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08 Nov 2003 05:03:57 PM |
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So ... basicly they're saying he's an idiot who means well.
"Arnold Holbrook" <arnold_holbrook@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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Syria Says Bush Sincere at Mideast Effort
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 8, 2003
Filed at 9:23 a.m. ET
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria does not doubt that President Bush is
sincere in his urging a more stable Middle East but believes his
policies are spoiling American relations with Arabs and Muslims
worldwide, a Syrian Cabinet minister said Saturday.
The comment in a government newspaper was the first official Syrian
reaction to Bush's speech Thursday in which he called for greater
democracy in the Middle East and criticized Syria and Iran in
particular, accusing them of torture and oppression.
Iran was harsher in its response, calling Bush's speech an
``interference'' in Iran's internal affairs and saying the American
leader had no business preaching democracy after U.S. support of
authoritarian leaders in the Mideast and elsewhere.
Syrian Minister of Immigrant Affairs Buthayna Shaaban addressed Bush,
saying, ``We do not doubt your intentions (that) you are really
desirous to make the Middle East a safer and more stable place.''
But ``please allow us to tell you that your policy throughout the past
years has raised the level of ... hatred, closed all peace horizons
and caused big damage to the reputation of the United States,'' she
wrote in the daily Al-Thawra.
Shaaban said solving the Middle East's problems requires dealing with
people ``on an equal footing'' and abandoning ``bias, violence,
racism, occupation, settlement and repression.'' The comments were a
repetition of Syrian criticism that the United States is biased toward
Israel and that the Jewish state oppressed Palestinians and was
occupying more Arab land.
Shaaban said persisting in current Middle East policies will cause ``a
bigger suffering to the region's peoples, widen the gap between the
U.S. and the whole world, and also threaten international peace and
security.''
In his speech Thursday in Washington, Bush said that ``the global wave
of democracy has barely reached the Arab states. Many countries in the
region are mired in poverty and women lack rights and children are
denied proper schooling.''
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