Military and US sources reveal: Bush has ordered US Iraq commander Gen. Ca

[lovuian]

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US and Iraq All Set for Strike against Syria. Israel Is Braced for Hizballah Second Front

DEBKAfile Special Military Report Updating DEBKA-Net-Weekly 188

January 11, 2005, 2:44 PM (GMT+02:00)


US warns Syria to keep its newly-purchased Kornet AT-14 anti-tank missile out of Iraq


Last Sunday, January 2, US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage performed his last major mission before stepping down in favor of Robert B. Zoellick, whom incoming secretary Condoleezza Rice has picked as her deputy. (Zoellick, currently trade representative in charge US world trade, served as deputy to secretary of state James Baker in the Reagan and Bush Sr. administrations.

This mission took Armitage to Damascus with nine American demands.

DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s Washington sources published those demands for the first time in its last week’s issue:

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1. Start repealing Syria’s 40-years old emergency laws.

2. Free all political prisoners from jail.

3. Abolish media censorship.

4. Initiate democratic reform.

5. Speed up economic development

6. Cut down relations with Iran.

7. Announce publicly that the disputed Shebaa Farms at the base of Mt. Hermon are former Syrian territory. This would cut the ground from under the Lebanese terrorist Hizballah’s claim that the land is Lebanese and must be “liberated” from Israeli “occupation.”

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that the Iran-sponsored Hizballah’s attack on an Israeli convoy patrolling the disputed Shebaa Farms sector, killing an Israeli officer, on Palestinian election-day, Sunday, January 9, was addressed as much to President George W. Bush as to the new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as a foretaste of what it has in store.

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Just in case any are found in Iraq, General Casey, commander of US forces in Iraq has already received orders from the commander-in-chief in the White House to pursue military action inside Syria according to his best military judgment

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The source is questionable but I am concerned about this!!! Would Bush go to war with syria its in the PNAC plan!!!

[Carni]

1. DEBKA isn't too reliable

I can understand your concern but don't get too agitated about what DEBKA prints because half of the time it's BS (seriously)

[purduejake]

2. Oh God, here we go again...

They appear to be starting the rhetoric to build up hate against Syria so we can take that over too within the next 4 years. It's sick how we demand other cultures to accept our form of government.

[Jacobin]

3. Their track record for being accurate is questionable

Take this with a large block of salt.

[ChicanoPwr]

4. I would take a second look at DEBKAfile

The same Wired News DEBKAfile uses to cite as an up and coming news site Wired News also said.

Like the Drudge Report, which it resembles, Debkafile clearly reports with a point of view; the site is unabashedly in the hawkish camp of Israeli politics and has partnered with the far-right news site WorldNetDaily for a weekly, $120 subscription product.

That slant, combined with Debkafile's breakneck pace ­-- its eight-person staff updates the site as often as 5 or 6 times per day with terse, one-line tips and sparse news briefs -- means it often airs unfounded, inaccurate rumors while breaking legitimate news.

http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47325,00.html

[lovuian]

5. Well this news came out with Russia giving Syria Antiaircraft

missiles thats verified news and has caused tensions with Russia and Bush!!! so I thought hey just read this with skepticism but it is interesting!!!

[Moderator]

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