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Vulnerable Borders In "Syria Gets The Cold Shoulder" [Sept. 26], Time reported that most world leaders were unwilling to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad at the U.N. World Summit and that President Bush blames Syria for not doing enough to stop terrorists from entering Iraq. Does no one in the Bush Administration find it ironic that it is criticizing a developing country for its inability to guard its border with Iraq while the U.S. has been unable to secure its own border with Mexico? Why should Syria, which opposed the war, put all its efforts toward securing a border...
...Length, in years, of the prison sentence Syrian-born Imad Yarkas received in Madrid for conspiracy, in Europe's biggest trial of al-Qaeda suspects connected to the Sept. 11 attacks...
...Years in prison Syrian-born Imad Yarkas was sentenced to by a Madrid court for conspiracy in Europe's biggest trial of al-Qaeda suspects connected to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks...
Spain's Audiencia Nacional sentenced the Syrian businessman Edin Barrakat, alias Abu Dahdah, alleged leader of Al Qaeda in Spain, to 27 years in jail for his role in the 9/11 attacks. His sentence is considerably less than the 74,337 years demanded by the prosecution, after Abu Dahdah was found guilty of conspiracy in an act of terrorism over 9/11, but not guilty of the murder of 2,973 victims of that day's attacks. The court sentenced 17 of Barrakat's fellow accused to between six and 11 years in jail, and acquitted the remaining...
...Syrian President Bashar Assad had planned to attend the 2005 World Summit at the U.N. last week as part of a novel policy, in the words of a Syrian diplomat, of "dealing with international affairs and contacting world leaders." But without a word of explanation, Assad nixed his New York City trip. Diplomatic sources tell TIME that he failed in his attempts to arrange tête-à-têtes with the Presidents of Russia and Turkey. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also pointedly left Assad out of a meeting with European and other Middle Eastern leaders. (The only one willing to meet...