Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Neo-cons have Syria in their sights

By Khody Akhavi
Asia Times

".....For neo-conservatives in the United Sates, though, this is an opportunity to re-ignite political debate that fits neatly with the infamous cast of the "axis of evil": Syria has long been designated as a junior partner in the "reign of terror" of Iran, North Korea and the erstwhile Iraq......

"Once again, this appears to be the work of a small group of officials leaking cherry-picked, unvetted 'intelligence' to key reporters in order to promote a pre-existing political agenda. If this sounds like the run-up to the war in Iraq, it should. This time it appears aimed at derailing the US-North Korean agreement that administration hardliners think is appeasement. Some Israelis want to thwart any dialogue between the US and Syria," said Cirincione, who previously served as director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace......

Experts are still unsure of what that intelligence entails, and whether is it "nuclear", "non-conventional", "chemical" or nothing of the sort. Regardless, in most of the narratives, the North Korea connection remains a salient point......"

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