Word: damascus
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...time to come, and that Washington will not allow the UN or anybody else to have a say in the oil-rich Arab nation's future. In other words, the nervous neighbors might as well learn to live with the new tenant next door. Thus, also, the advice to Damascus to give up its belligerent posture, and recognize that it is in Syria's interest now to stop aiding and abetting Palestinian groups...
...After all the protest against the bullying of young President Bashar al-Assad, the joint declaration contained only a muted reference to the controversy. It expressed "disagreement with allegations directed toward Syria, and welcomed the news regarding the intention of the American Secretary of State to visit Damascus to discuss Syrian-American relations...
...Turkey may not have been solely responsible for the subdued statement on Syria. Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the two Arab majors at the meeting, are also said to have advised Damascus to cool...
...While authorities put the heat on Hizballah here, the U.S. has also moved to try to rein in the terror group abroad. In a private meeting in Damascus last April, Secretary of State Colin Powell asked Syrian President Bashar Assad to restrain Hizballah forces that had been firing rockets at Israel from the north. A diplomatic source critical of Iran's role in arming Hizballah tells TIME that the U.S. has at least twice asked Saudi Arabia to stop giving Iranian military supply planes overflight permission for loads of weaponry earmarked for Hizballah. "We continually raise this issue with diplomatic...
...likely, and 63% said the prospect of war made them more fearful for the country. "No one wants to go to war," said Russ Alters, 60, in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, last week, expressing a sentiment that would have been just as common on the streets of Dusseldorf or Damascus. The Administration has always worried that public support for a war--especially one waged without backing from a broad international coalition--was soft. To gain maximum support, the Administration still needs to sell the case for action to two distinct constituencies--first, ordinary Americans, and second, the diplomats who gather...