Bush warns Syria over Lebanon, Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201391.html

Bush warns Syria over Lebanon, Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush declined to comment on the suicide on Wednesday of a top Syrian official who had been questioned by a U.N. probe about the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, but underscored U.S. concerns that Syria is still far too involved in Lebanon.

Bush also repeated U.S. warnings to Syria that it should do more to stop foreign fighters from crossing its border into Iraq.

Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan committed suicide in his office, according to Syria's state news agency. He had been questioned three weeks ago by a U.N. team probing the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

The U.N. team, led by German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, is expected to submit its report on October 21.
"I don't want to prejudge the report that's coming out -- the Mehlis report," Bush told reporters when asked about Kanaan's death and its implications for the investigation into Hariri's assassination.

[superconnected]

1. This is how Iraq started.

Quick point the finger at Syria.

WMD's, do you smell wmds? That's all we need in this country to justify a war.

[Tempest]

3. And since Iran would be biting off more than Bush can chew

He picks on the next weakest country (after Iraq) in the Middle East.

[Tempest]

2. Syria to Bush: You and what army?

The U.S. can't even control Iraq with a minority population fighting the U.S.

What does Bush think will happen if he attacks a country where everyone is against the U.S.?

[cassiepriam]

4. It looks like it is a matter of when, not if, the war will expand.

Kind of looks like it already has spread.