Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Ketchup fields, Texas
Syria Troops Out of Lebanon Soon?
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Official: Syria Troops Out of Lebanon Soon
DAMASCUS, Syria - The Arab League chief said Monday that Syria will "soon" take steps to withdraw its army from Lebanese areas in accordance with a 1989 agreement.
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The announcement by Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa came after a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
"Assad stressed more than once his firm determination to go on with implementing the Taif agreement and achieve Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon in accordance with this agreement," Moussa said.
"Syrian withdrawal is part of Syrian policy and will see steps in this direction very soon," Moussa quoted Assad as saying. Syria itself has made no announcements about troop withdrawals.
The 1989 agreement signed in Taif, Saudi Arabia, ended the civil war that had started in 1975. Among other things, it called for Syrian forces, which had entered Lebanon ostensibly to separate the warring sides, to withdraw within two years to the eastern Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border.
It was not clear whether Moussa's statement meant Syria would completely leave Lebanon. Syria has pledged before to honor the Taif agreement and has made only minor withdrawals.
In Beirut, tens of thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government at a Beirut demonstration Monday.
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Re: Syria Troops Out of Lebanon Soon?
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Originally posted by Yoepus
What'd you all think: Genuine good-will gesture or ploy?
I think I heard somebody say this could be a ploy (withdraw, stir some shit up, then come back to prove they are needed there) but I hope they do go and I hope Lebanon becomes a model for other Arab nationalities to strive for (like what Iraq should have been if it didn't go tits up!)
Feb-21-2005 22:04
Krypton
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
hopefully, beirut will once again become the jewel of the middle east.
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Feb-21-2005 23:35
Fir3start3r
Armin Acolyte
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Re: Syria Troops Out of Lebanon Soon?
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Originally posted by Yoepus
What'd you all think: Genuine good-will gesture or ploy?
A question only time could answer I guess.
We'll just have to see how it plays out...
Hopefully good will though...
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Feb-22-2005 00:18
Yoepus
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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Ketchup fields, Texas
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Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
hopefully, beirut will once again become the jewel of the middle east.
Hey!
You anti-semite!
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