Syria, Lebanon Reject Foreign Criticism of Ties

[independentpiney]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&e=1&u=/nm/20040912/wl_nm/syria_lebanon_usa_dc

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria and Lebanon rejected any outside role in shaping their relations Sunday, a day after a top State Department official said Damascus should pull its troops from its small neighbor.

"All those who wish to tackle the issue of ties, from outside these two states, should know that they would be interfering in a Lebanese issue of sovereignty," Samaha told a news conference with Hasan in Damascus.


U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs William Burns said after meeting Syria's president Saturday it was time for Syria to quit Lebanon. He also voiced "deep concern over Syrian intervention" in its political process.

I was just the first to rate it

[papau]

1. Will Syria now publish a map that shows Lebanon as a separate country -not

simply part of Syria?

[proud patriot]

2. A good friend of mine married a wonderful man from Lebanon

when I asked him about Lebanon he said "the only
problem Lebanon has is Syria not minding it's own
business"

[MasonJar]

3. We need to mind our own business and quit telling other nations

how to run their business. We have a lot to be concerned with right here...topping the list of course is George W Bush.

[The Stranger]

4. Neocons need something, and so they make it up.

These two parties don't seem to be playing along.