Iraq PM on first visit to US foe Syria

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070820/wl_mideast_afp/syriairaqdiplomacy

Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks with Syrian officials on Monday on his first visit to the US foe since taking office early last year.


The United States, which already criticised a similar trip by Maliki to US foe Iran earlier this month, said it hoped the premier was delivering a "strong message" to the Syrian leadership about its role in Iraq.

Maliki, accompanied on the three-day visit by his ministers of oil, trade, the interior and water resources, met Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri and was also due to meet President Bashar al-Assad, Vice President Faruq al-Shara and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem.
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The Iraqi premier was also to discuss the reopening of an oil pipeline to Syria that was closed after the cutting of ties in 1980.
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The Oil must flow

and its surprising that Maliki wants Syria to have the oil flow and not Kuwait or Saudis...

[BushLiesDaily]

1. Why is Syria a U.S. foe?

Didn't we 'render' suspected terrorists there?

Does a 'foe' of Israel automatically become an enemy of ours in Bushworld?

[lovuian]

2. I think Syria was on the list of Bush's Baaaadddd countries

with Iran Iraq and North Korea

[BushLiesDaily]

3. Nope...

But they DID make this list...

Axis of Evil Wannabes, by John Cleese

Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil," Libya,
China, and Syria today announced they had formed the "Axis of Just as
Evil," which they said would be more evil than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North
Korea axis President Bush warned of in his State of the Union address.

Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new axis as
having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are Just as
Evil...in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
"Everybody knows we're the best evils... best at being evil...we're the
best."

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