here we go again...
Syria targeted for US sanctions
Thursday 16 October 2003
Syria has been dealt a huge blow by American politicians from the House of Representatives who voted 398-4 to impose sanctions.
The US House of Representatives' blames its near unanimous decision to sanction Syria on the country's alleged ties to armed groups and purported efforts to obtain nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
The legislation, the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, also calls on Damascus to end its occupation of Lebanon.
United States president George Bush last week ended two years of opposition to the legislation, and has indicated he will sign it.
The legislation gives the White House a range of options for sanctioning Syria, from restricting US exports and business investment to downgrading Washington's diplomatic representation and imposing travel restrictions on Syrian diplomats in the US.
"I think that this bill is crucial to the ongoing war on terror," said House majority leader Tom DeLay at a press briefing on Wednesday.
"Syria has evidently chosen to side with the terrorists in this war and it's time for the government to start feeling the consequences of their actions," DeLay said.
"Terrorist states will not be tolerated," the Texas Republican said, adding "Congress has a responsibility to make Syria understand the recklessness of its actions."
Before reaching the president's desk, the measure must first be approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and then by the full Senate, which is expected in the coming weeks.
The vote comes as relations between Damascus and Washington have soured in recent months over Syria's alleged ties with armed groups, weapons programmes, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the US occupation of Iraq.
AFP
smells like the same reciepe for disaster as the one used in Irak
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Now we just need to find someone to take care of the US so that normal people can go on living everywhere else in the world..
