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\"\"<\/a>Rumsfeld’s secret raids on Syria<\/a>\u00a0by Matthew Weaver, Guardian, Monday November 10 2008<\/p>\n

Was the controversial US attack on Syria a sign that US troops are still marching to the secret orders of the former defence secretary<\/p>\n

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The US military has made several undisclosed attacks against Al-Qaida in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere under a secret order signed by the former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2004, according to the New York Times today<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It claims the order gave the US military broad authority to attack al-Qaida anywhere in the world, including countries not at war with the US.<\/p>\n

Last month’s raid on Syria<\/span><\/a>, in which eight people were killed, was cited as an example. The attack, which enraged the Syrians, was described as the first by the US on Syrian soil for years. But the New York Times claims there have been others raids into Syria under the so-called “Al Qaida Network Exord”, or executive order, as well as attacks in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The story, sourced to more than six unnamed officials, appears to back claims made by a former Bush administration official to Jonathan Freedland<\/span><\/a>, who also said the US has made several raids on Syria, but Damascus has just kept quiet about it.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times, Rumsfeld’s order streamlined the approval process for such missions to take place. (But up to 12 raids were still vetoed by senior officials.)<\/p>\n

Perhaps the order itself will be vetoed by Barack Obama under his bid to “unpick the most egregious acts of the Bush administration<\/span><\/a>“. But given that, as Jonathan Steele wrote<\/span><\/a>, Obama has refused to repudiate the so-called war on terror, maybe not.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Anti-U.S. sentiment grows in Syria after raid<\/a>,” by Brooke Anderson, San Fran Chronicle<\/p>\n

Abu Kamal, Syria — The U.S. incursion into Syria late last month put this eastern border town near Iraq on the world stage and many of its residents on edge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Saoud Rak Khalif contemplates the site where his brother was killed during the U.S. strike on Oct. 26. (By Brooke Anderson \/ Special to The Chronicle) <\/p><\/div>\n

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“At the beginning of the war, we were scared. Then we got used to it. Now we’re scared again – and angry,” said Yusef Tara, who spoke to a reporter near the site of the Oct. 26 U.S. commando raid against an alleged al Qaeda in Iraq hideout that Damascus says killed eight civilians.<\/p>\n

In this tightly controlled police state that had been trying to change its image and end years of global seclusion, protest groups are now allowed to stage anti-American rallies. And even though YouTube is banned, video footage of four U.S. helicopters carrying out the raid is making the rounds on cell phones.<\/p>\n

The anti-American sentiment is in sharp contrast to months of toned-down rhetoric against the Bush administration as the two countries edged toward serious talks.<\/p>\n

“This is the first time in Syrian-U.S. bilateral relations since 1945 (the year diplomatic relations were established) that the Americans attacked Syria,” said Sami Moubayed, a political analyst in Damascus, Syria’s capitol. “The raid makes it difficult for bilateral relations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Landis Comment] <\/strong>Sami is, of course, correct that this is the first time that the US military “attacked” Syria. But, it is worth pointing out that it is hardly the first time that the US has used force to change things in Syria. During Syria’s independence era, Washington was involved in a number of coups <\/a>that changed the course of Syrian politics. In 1949, the CIA supported two coups. The first – the Zaim coup – replaced Syria’s parliamentary democracy with a dictatorship that the US believed would sign a peace agreement with Israel, open a new Aramco pipeline crossing Syrian territory, help settle Palestinian refugees in the Euphrates region<\/a>, and arrest members of the communist party.<\/p>\n

In 1956, the US also supported a coup attempt designed by the British and Iraqis to overthrow Syria’s parliamentary system. The purpose in supplanting the democratic parliament, which had been restored in 1954, with a dictator was\u00a0because Syria’s politicians were\u00a0signing treaties with the\u00a0USSR, the only country to sell\u00a0Syria advanced military\u00a0arms. According to Patrick Seale, the CIA helped train some 300 Alawite commandos belonging to the SSNP (Antoun Saade’s “Greater Syria” party) in the mountains of Lebanon to act as a militia – much like the Cuban refugees in Florida would later\u00a0be trained by the CIA\u00a0to overthrow Castro with disappointing results. The Syrian secret police rolled up the conspiracy and condemned many of Syria’s pro-Western politicians to death in absentia. Thus, the Americans helped drive Syria into the arms of Nasser and the UAR. Ironically, the SSNP, which the US cultivated\u00a0and trained for much of the 1950s, ended up being a pro-Syrian party which now infuriates the US for pushing Syria’s agenda in Lebanon. It has retained much of its militant ways.<\/p>\n

[Correction<\/strong>] Bob Malley has not been asked to visit Egypt and Syria by Obama. A few days ago SC re-printed a story – “In First Mideast Policy Initiative, Obama Sends Adviser To Egypt, Syria,”<\/a>\u00a0By David Bedein, Middle East Correspondent, which was printed in the Bulletin,\u00a0A\u00a0Philadelphia paper.\u00a0The story was completely false. This is the second\u00a0invented story by the Bulletin that SC has reported on.\u00a0Live and learn. David Bedein of the Bulletin has fabricated a story. Here is a note from one of Malley’s assistants.<\/p>\n

A quick word to stress that the story about Rob Malley visiting Egypt and Syria to deliver a message from the president-elect are a pure fabrication. The “aides” quoted in the piece are equally fictional. I would greatly appreciate if you could post this to correct the record.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Syria’s Assad says Israel must prove it wants peace<\/a>, Damascus AFP, 9 Nv. 2008<\/p>\n

…”Peace for Israel is a tactical act and not a strategic choice,” Assad said in an address to a meeting of Arab lawmakers in Damascus.<\/p>\n

“Israel must provide proof of its desire for peace because it is the Israelis who are occupying our land and aggressing our people,” he said, adding that Syria would never make any concessions to the Jewish state.<\/p>\n

Indirect negotiations between the two neighbours — which technically remain in a state of war — were resumed in May under Turkish mediation but have been on hold since July.<\/p>\n

The two sides held four rounds of discussions but a fifth round scheduled for October was postponed at Israel’s request amid political turmoil following the resignation of scandal-hit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.<\/p>\n

Direct negotiations were frozen eight years ago after Israel baulked at Syrian demands for the return of the whole of the occupied Golan Heights, right down to the Sea of Galilee, its main water source.<\/p>\n

“Up until now, Israel has been using the peace slogan for internal political purposes and world opinion believes these Israeli manoeuvres,” Assad said, calling on Israel to withdraw to the pre-1967 war borders.<\/p>\n

“Syria decided to resume the peace process… because we are committed to achieving a fair and comprehensive peace,” he said, but added that “Our rights cannot be the subject of compromise.”<\/p>\n

Assad has said that the negotiations need “international patronage” chiefly from the United States, despite the chilly state of diplomatic relations between Damascus and Washington.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Arab peace initiative cannot be an alternative to holding direct talks with the Palestinian Authority<\/a> and Syria.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livnia\u00a0 told Ynet just hours prior to her departure for Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to attend Sunday’s Quartet conference marking the one-year anniversary of the Annapolis peace summit. “We’ve seen some progress in the talks with the Palestinians (since Annapolis), but there are many more issues on the table,” the Kadima chairwoman said. “The process will continue, and I prefer to continue negotiating until we reach an agreement that coincides with Israel’s security interests.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Israeli spies linked to murder of Hezbollah chief<\/a>, Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv, London Times<\/span><\/p>\n

Two brothers seized in Lebanon are accused of a role in the death of a Hezbollah chiefUzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv Two brothers held in Lebanon as Israeli spies are linked to a team responsible for the assassination of a notorious terrorist leader, Lebanese security sources have claimed.<\/p>\n

Ali Jarrah, 50, a Lebanese citizen, and his brother Youssef, from Marj in the Bekaa valley, were arrested last week by the Lebanese army, which charged them with espionage. A third suspect has also been held, sources close to the investigation said. All three face the death penalty.<\/p>\n

The spy ring has been linked to the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, a leading figure in Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite militia, who was killed in a bomb blast in Damascus in February. Hezbollah’s leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, blamed Israel for the attack and vowed to take revenge…..<\/p>\n

… According to some reports, Jarrah was first picked up in the southern suburbs of Beirut by Hezbollah security men on July 7, after being suspected of having had a role in Mughniyeh\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah is said to have finally handed Jarrah to the Lebanese authorities after questioning him for nearly four months.<\/p>\n

According to Lebanese security sources, the brothers are distantly related to Ziad Jarrah, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed into a Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001, killing everyone on board. Their families come from the same town in the Bekaa valley.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Syria’s Assad says US should withdraw from Iraq<\/a>\u00a0AFP<\/p>\n

DAMASCUS (AFP) \u2014 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday called on the United States to pull its troops out of Iraq, saying they posed a threat to neighbouring states.<\/p>\n

“The presence in Iraq of American forces of occupation is a permanent threat to neighbouring countries and an element of instability in the region,” Assad said in a speech to Arab parliamentarians in Damascus.<\/p>\n

Assad also slammed a security accord being negotiated between Washington and Baghdad, saying it was “aimed at making Iraq a base for attacks on neighbouring nations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, former co-chairmen<\/a>, 9\/11 Commission in Washinton Post Op-ed<\/p>\n

P resident Obama’s top priority must be to keep America safe. But to do so, he must break a promise he made to his supporters. During the campaign, he pledged an immediate, phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, which he said would be completed by mid-2010. Although conditions in Iraq have improved dramatically over the past year — thanks largely to the surge in U.S. troops that he opposed — stability is still fragile. If our enemies perceive any weakness, they will take advantage to attack us not only in Iraq but elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Candidate Obama said that we must pull out of Iraq in order to engage fully in what he has called “the central front” in the war on terror, Afghanistan. But a defeat in Iraq would make victory in Afghanistan far less likely. The new president will find out soon enough that the only thing worse than breaking a campaign promise is keeping one that would endanger American lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kurish groups decry the new Syrian law<\/strong> limiting land sales within 25 kilometers of the border. They see it as part of a larger effort to deprive Kurds of their civil and national rights which they say will backfire, causing ever greater social discontent in Syria. (That is the gist of the following article by An-Nidaa “The Clarion” or “The Call.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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