HISH Soon to Add another Letter!
Supplement to Previous Blog
August 22, 2007
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In a previous blog I mentioned the Presidents of Syria, Iran, and Iraq were hopping like jack rabbits back and forth from Baghdad to Iran to Damascus.
There is no question in my mind what will happen in Iraq after American troops pull out.
The HISH Terror Crescent will soon add another “I” to complete the Middle East Crescent Moon of Terror. As soon as American troops are pulled out of Iraq it will be Hamas-Iraq-Syria-Iran-Hizbullah (HISIH). Within months after U.S. troops are gone Iraq will be a full fledged practicing member of the group.
Begin Khaleej Times Online Article
Iraq PM on first visit to US foe Syria
Khaleej Times Online
(AFP)
20 August 2007
DAMASCUS – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki landed in Damascus on Monday on his second visit to a US foe this month after a trip to Syria’s main regional ally Iran.
It is Maliki’s first visit to Syria s ince he became premier early last year, although he was based
in Damascus in the 1990s when in exile during the rule of executed dictator Saddam Hussein.
Maliki will be accompanied on the three-day visit by his ministers of oil, trade, the interior and water resources,
his office in Baghdad said.
Syria and Iraq only restored diplomatic ties last November, 26 years after they were broken under Saddam over Syria’s support for Iran in its eight-year war with Iraq.
The rapprochement paved the way for a week-long visit to Syria in January by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, another formerly Damascus-based exile, who secured a promise from his oppo site
number Bashar Al Assad to work to “eradicate terrorism.”
The United States had been strongly critical of the role in Iraq of both Iran and Syria since its 2003 invasion.
But Maliki’s Shia-led government has friendly relations with Iran and earlier this month the prime minister drew White House criticism after he held cordial meetings with Iranian officials.
Washington accuses Tehran of providing sophisticated weaponry to Shia militias and Damascus of turning a blind eye to infiltration of its borders by Sunni insurgents, charges both governments deny.
Last month, the United States announced massive new multi-billion dollar military pacts for its allies in the region including Israel in a bid to counter Iran and Syria.
Maliki’s visit follows a meeting in Damascus earlier this month of the Iraqi Neighbours’ Border Security Working Group, in which many of Iraq’s neighbours, including Iran and Syria, agreed to support his government’s efforts to rein in the sectarian violence gripping the country.
The Iraqi premier is also due to discuss the plight of the 1.5 million of his countrymen who have sought refuge in Syria from the bloodshed at home.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees warned last month that health and education services in both Syria and Jordan were coming under increasing strain from the volume of Iraqi refugees.
An estimated 30,000 Iraqis arrive in Syria every month, something Vice President Faruq Al Shara has called an “economic, social and political burden.”
Shara said on Tuesday that Syria was ready to cooperate closely with Iraq if Maliki shows a “sincere Iraqi position that leads to comprehensive reconciliation and sets a timetable for the departure of US forces.”
Sunni majority Syria has called for more action from Maliki’s government to win over Iraq’s disenchanted Sunni Arab minority.
But Shara denied that Syria differed with Iran in its policy towards Iraq, insisting both governments “want an Iraq that is unified, independent, Arab and free from all occupying forces.”
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