[Peace-discuss] Who wants a new war?

[C. G. Estabrook]

[The following comes form a right-wing Israeli propaganda outfit, The
Ariel [sic] Center for Policy Research.  --Carl]


Shalom! Enclosed you'll find a bi-partisan bill, introduced by two of the
most experienced members of the House International Relations Committee,
ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY) and ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL).  Senators Rick Santorum
(R-PA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will introduce the bill in the Senate.  
You may want to share it with your own Congressman and Senators.

Syria collaborated with Saddam's regime!  It has hosted more global-reach
anti-US terrorist and narco-terrorist organizations (from Latin America,
Asia, Europe and the Mideast) than any other terrorist regime.  In
defiance of international resolutions, it has ruthlessly occupied Lebanon,
dismantling its Christian government during the Oct. 1990 massacre of
thousands of Christian activists. It has established the Medellin East
trail of heroin, reaching all the way to US Inner Cities. Its track record
of human rights abuse pales that of Ceaucescu's Romania. It has
collaborated with No. Korea, China, Iran and Russia in the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction. It perfected the counterfeit of $100
bills. More Americans were murdered by Syrian supported terrorists than by
Saddam and Qadaffi combined (Beirut 1983, PanAm-103 1988, Khobar Towers
1996, etc.). For further data, plse see the Jerusalem Cloakroom #83, 82,
77, 67, 63 at www.acpr.org.il <http://www.acpr.org.il> ). For Immediate
Release: April 11, 2003 Contact: Gary Meltz 202.225.2464

TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SYRIA

US Must Keep Pressure on State Sponsors of Terror in the Middle East

Engel and Ros-Lehtinen Reintroduce the Syria Accountability and Lebanese
Sovereignty Restoration Act

Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(R-FL) announced they are introducing the Syria Accountability and
Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 in the House of
Representatives which holds Syria accountable for its support for
terrorism, occupation of Lebanon, and possession and continued development
of weapons of mass destruction.

"Now that Saddam Hussein's regime is defeated, it is time for America to
get serious about Syria, " said Rep. Engel, a member of the International
Relations Committee.  "The Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty
Restoration Act is the first-step to addressing Syria's destabilizing role
in the Middle East.  The United States must not tolerate Syria's continued
support of the most deadly terrorist organizations in the world, its
development of weapons of mass destruction, and its occupation of
Lebanon."

The Syria Accountability Act is a comprehensive piece of legislation that
gives the President of the United States tools to impose penalties on
Syria if the rogue nation fails to correct its behavior immediately.  
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rick Santorum (R-PA) will introduce
companion legislation in the Senate.

On March 30th, Secretary of State Colin Powell said that, "Syria can
continue direct support for terrorist groups and the dying regime of
Saddam Hussein, or it can embark on a different and more hopeful course.  
Either way, Syria bears the responsibility for its choices, and for the
consequences."  Rep. Engel believes the Syria Accountability and Lebanese
Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 lays out what Damascus must do to shed
its rogue status or face what Secretary Powell described as
"consequences."

"On September 11th the equation changed and the United States can no
longer afford to sit by as countries like Syria harbor terrorists and
occupy a neighboring nation.  America must send Syria a message that its
policies must change.  The Syria Accountability Act is a measured, but
straightforward attempt to correct the behavior of the Assad regime," said
Rep. Engel.

Rep. Engel concluded, "It is time for the Administration and Congress to
get tough with a charter member of the State Department's list of state
sponsors of terrorism.  Syria needs to get out of Lebanon, clean out the
terrorists, and stop building weapons of mass destruction.  The Syria
Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act is the right
first-step."

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