Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2651-1002138856-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:55:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 15037 invoked by uid 510); 3 Oct 2001 19:54:21 -0000 Received: from n21.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.71) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 3 Oct 2001 19:54:21 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2651-1002138856-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by n21.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Oct 2001 19:54:16 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 3 Oct 2001 19:54:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 14604 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2001 19:54:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 3 Oct 2001 19:54:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 3 Oct 2001 19:54:15 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id MAA18083 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:54:15 -0700 Message-Id: <200110031954.MAA18083@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Syria.Offers.To.Share.Intelligence.With.U.S..In.Exchange.For.Help.With.Palestinian.Cause] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wall Street Journal October 3, 2001 Syria Offers To Share Intelligence With U.S. In Exchange For Help With Palestinian Cause By James M. Dorsey, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal DAMASCUS, Syria -- The government of Syria has agreed to share intelligence with the U.S. about militant groups in the Mideast, but its support comes with conditions. People close to Syrian intelligence said Syria, despite its criticism of the U.S.'s Mideast policy, is willing to share intelligence and expertise with the U.S. The people said Syria could make a major contribution given its knowledge of Muslim groups willing to engage in suicide attacks. The Syrian capital, Damascus, is home to militant Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Syria has close ties to the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, which opposes Israel and is accused by the U.S. of attacking its embassies and military facilities in the 1980s. Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa told reporters after talks with his German counterpart, Joschka Fischer, Tuesday that Syria is "determined to help the international effort to combat terrorism." Mr. Sharaa added, however, that to achieve that goal, terrorism's "roots and causes" would have to be addressed -- an allusion to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Mr. Sharaa said Israeli occupation of Arab lands is "the highest level of terrorism." Still, Syria's apparent willingness to cooperate is another sign of a U.S.-Arab rapprochement in the Mideast, where Israeli-Palestinian violence over the past year had worsened U.S.-Arab relations. Many Arab leaders are sympathetic with Washington's quest to retaliate against Osama bin Laden, whom the U.S. blames for last month's terrorist attacks in the U.S. However, they generally share three caveats, listed by Mr. Sharaa to a European Union delegation: no attack on an Arab country, no Israeli participation in any retaliation and more-vigorous U.S. involvement in restarting the Mideast peace process. The U.S. has promised to push for Israeli-Palestinian peace in an effort to gain Arab backing for its campaign against terrorism, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said in an interview last week. The pledge included an understanding that the U.S. would take political and economic measures in addition to military moves to stamp out terrorism, Mr. Hariri said. President Bush gave Arab leaders a further boost Tuesday when he told reporters that a Palestinian state "has always been a part of a vision, so long as the right of Israel to exist is respected." Palestinian leaders, who have urged Washington to renew Mideast mediation efforts, welcomed his remarks. The initial Israeli reaction was more cautious. Daniel Ayalon, foreign-policy adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said full calm must be restored after a year of conflict before peace negotiations can restart. Mr. Hariri said Arab leaders are "skeptical" about the U.S. pledge because of consistent U.S. support for Israel in the past. "So far, the United States says 'we agree, but we must first concentrate on bin Laden,' " he said. "For the sake of the United States, for the sake of the United States' Arab friends, we want the United States strongly engaged in solving problems," Mr. Hariri said. People close to talks between U.S. officials and Arab leaders said Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries had privately pledged cooperation, without conditions, with the U.S. campaign against terrorism, but are reluctant to make it public because they fear a backlash at home. Mr. Bush said the U.S. still backs a proposal drafted by former Sen. George Mitchell that calls, among other things, for a freeze on building Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel has so far rejected a freeze. Syrian officials said the Mitchell proposals don't go far enough because they fail to address an Israeli withdrawal from conquered Arab lands, including the strategically important Golan Heights. An already-shaky truce between Israel and Palestinians was threatened further Tuesday when Palestinian gunmen broke into a guarded Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip and opened fire, killing at least two Israelis and wounding several more. The Palestinian Authority condemned the raid and pledged to punish those responsible for violating a week-old cease-fire with Israel. But the violence is likely to renew Israeli criticism that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat hasn't done enough to rein in militants. Syrian President Bashar Assad, meanwhile, is walking a tightrope, diplomats and people close to him say, seeking to restrain Hezbollah from carrying out attacks against Israel while ensuring it remains a political force in Lebanon. These people say Mr. Assad fears Hezbollah attacks would provoke Israeli retaliation, which could escalate into a Syrian-Israeli war. ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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