Syria, Iran vow united front against foreign threats

schrodingers_cat

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Sat Feb-19-05 08:23 PM
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Syria, Iran vow united front against foreign threats

"Regional allies Iran and Syria pledged Wednesday to form a "united front" against foreign threats, with Damascus under global suspicion over the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otri held top-level talks in Tehran as Beirut ground to a halt to bury Hariri, two days after he was killed in a massive explosion.

Since then, the United States has ratcheted up the pressure on Damascus over its alleged role in the assassination and increasingly turned the screws on arch-foe Tehran for its alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons."........

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/syria/?id=12729

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dave123williams

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Sat Feb-19-05 08:28 PM
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1. Ah, yes; Bush - the uniter.

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