Bush may impose sanctions on Syria this week

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The reasons for such a move:

Bush wants to punish Damascus for supporting terror groups, failing to stop guerrilla fighters from crossing into Iraq from Syria, developing chemical and perhaps biological weapons, and keeping troops in Lebanon.

Sounds familiar? How far will Bush go in appeasing Israel? He obviously hasn’t learned his lessons in Iraq.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush plans this week to impose economic sanctions on Syria for supporting terrorism and failing to stop guerrillas from entering Iraq, people involved in the deliberations say.

Congressional sources on Monday said Bush was expected to curb future investments by American energy firms in Syria and prohibit Syrian aircraft from flying into the United States.

Bush was also expected either to block transactions involving the Syrian government or to ban exports to Syria of U.S. products other than food and medicine, the sources said.

A White House announcement on the sanctions is planned as early as Tuesday.

The move comes after lawmakers, who helped push legislation through Congress last year to sanction Syria, complained that Bush appeared to be appeasing Damascus by not implementing the penalties under the so-called Syria Accountability Act.

The lawmakers, Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican, and Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat, said they were preparing legislation for stiffer penalties on Syria and additional measures to isolate and weaken its government.

The Syria Accountability Act, passed by the House and Senate by overwhelming margins, offered Bush a menu of sanctions to punish Damascus for supporting terror groups, failing to stop guerrilla fighters from crossing into Iraq from Syria, developing chemical and perhaps biological weapons, and keeping troops in Lebanon.

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....and then invade after 12 years of crippling sanctions! The pattern is already staring to develop.

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Re: Bush may impose sanctions on Syria this week

There is a Hadith to the effect:

*Nadhrah says: “We were sitting in the company of Jabir bin Abdullah (R.A.) when he said: ‘Soon the people of IRAQ will neither receive any food (grain) nor any money.’” We asked, “Why would such a thing happen?” He replied, “Because of the non-Arabs.” (i.e they will prevent food from going into Iraq, in the form of “sanctions” to this day.) * **He then said: “Soon the people of Shaam (SYRIA) will neither receive any money nor grain.” ** We asked as to why this would happen. He replied: “Because of the Romans (christians).” - Sahih Muslim

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bush needs something, anything, to take the attention away from the prison mess.

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I bet Bush's ear still has Sharon's spittle in it.

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^

Chota

I don't think it's his ear. It's something more private!

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hmm something more private....his privates!!!?

Anyhow why the sanctions, WMD's? Brutal regime? Supporting terror? or just for being Muslim arabs that disagree with the insane murdering butcher sharon and the other zionist psychos?

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That little demographicallly-doomed zionist entity will be the ruin of the United States, if it continues to listen to it's every whims.

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Bush has actually imposed the sanctions! The deal is done.

My father always said that a jackass will always be a jackass despite how many attempts you make at teaching it. It will always take the left turn when it needs to take the right turn.

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Bush has actually imposed the sanctions! The deal is done.

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Bush shooting himself in the foot again.

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Bush said that no Syrian flights were allowed to land in USof A

:smack: i wonder if hes aware of the fact that not a single Syrian airline actually even goes to the USA?