WP: Syria May Face U.N. Resolution

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By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 2, 2004; Page A13

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 1 -- The United States and France introduced a Security Council resolution Wednesday demanding that 20,000 Syrian troops "withdraw without delay" from Lebanon and that Syria stop meddling in the country's November elections. It threatens to consider unspecified "additional measures" against Syria to ensure compliance.

The resolution reflects mounting frustration by Washington and Paris that Syria is seeking to rewrite Lebanon's constitution to guarantee that the country's pro-Syrian leader, President Emile Lahoud, can remain in power after his six-year term ends on Nov. 24.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53574-2004Sep1.html

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1. Then again, it may not. nt

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2. This resolution should be vetoed.

If only on the account that the US has no moral authority to speak on Syria or any other Arab country.

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3. "unmitigated gall"--Stephen Colbert on the Daily Show last night

Coming from a nation with 130,000 troops in Iraq.

The arrogance and hubris of this administration never ceases to shock and awe.