Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa accused Israel Sunday of trying to undermine Syrian relations with the United States. "The United States does not want to have good relations with Syria because of Israeli pressures," al-Sharaa told Syrian journalists.
| "It ain't us. It couldn't possibly be anything we did. It has to be them Jews!" |
Many Arabs accuse the United States of being biased in favor of Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians and dealings with other Arab states.
| Probably because most of them aren't nutbags... |
Syrian-U.S. relations have been strained over American accusations that Syria supported the ousted Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and sheltered members of his Baath Party during and after the war, charges that Syria denied. Speaking at a joint news conference last week, President Bush accused Syria of continuing to harbor terrorists. Under U.S. pressure, Syria recently closed the offices of militant Palestinian groups, but most of their officials continue to work from their homes in Damascus or from neighboring Lebanon. |