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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/ci/Qiraq-syria-parliament.Riq__DMJ.html Syrian parliament slams US threat to "massacre the Iraqi people" DAMASCUS, March 19 (AFP) - The Syrian parliament has condemned what it says is a US threat to massacre the Iraqi people and destroy the country's ancient civilisation, the official SANA news agency reported Wednesday. "Tens of millions have said no to war, but the forces of aggression today threaten to massacre the Iraqi people and destroy the civilisation of Iraq," SANA quoted parliament speaker Naji Otri as saying. "We categorically condemn and reject this unjust war that will be waged against our people in Iraq," Otri added during a session of parliament late Tuesday. He described the United States as "forces of aggression and hegemony who are defying the international will." An official Syrian spokesman said Tuesday that the US ultimatum for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to leave the country by Thursday or face war was "in contradiction to the charter, the resolutions and the aims of the United Nations". "Any military action that would result (from the ultimatum) would destroy the principles upon which the international order is founded," the spokesman said in a statement. Syria was one of the few Arab states to side with Iran in its bloody 1980-88 war with Iraq, but patched up relations with the Baghdad regime in recent years. As the sole Arab member of the UN Security Council, it supported the tough new disarmament regime established for Iraq last year but has since come out strongly against US-led war threats. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
