Lawmaker to Push Bill to Sanction Syria

This article is strung together quite incoherently, meethinks ...


WASHINGTON - While praising a Middle East cease-fire, President Bush (news - web sites) on Tuesday said a permanent peace can only be achieved by dismantling terrorist organizations that "want to kill."


SNIP ---- some Bush blablah ---

Meanwhile, a New York House member said Monday he would push a bill to sanction Syria unless it stops helping Hezbollah guerrillas and ends its military occupation of Lebanon.


Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) of Israel endorsed U.S. economic and diplomatic pressure on Syria in a 90-minute conversation in his Jerusalem office, Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said in a telephone interview.

SNIP --- lengthy citation of Sharon's complaints ----


On Syria, Engel said he was certain a majority of the House and the Senate would support his legislation, which is co-sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.

Engel said it would authorize President Bush to freeze Syria's assets in the United States, restrict trade with Syria and curb travel by Syrian officials to the United States unless Syria ended its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction, halted aid to Hezbollah and withdrew its troops from Lebanon.

More: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=4&u=/ap/20030819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_mideast

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...for his next war.

Time to freeze Israeli assets, cut off all aid to Israel, restrict trade, and curb travel by Israeli officials until they turn over their WMD, dismantle the settlements and reign in the IDF.

Since Israel is our ally and is not a terrorist aiding nation. Syria, on the other hand, is quite clearly.

wasn't someone who immediatly thrust himself on my attentions, but he has quietly built up a nice collection of black marks.