Rep.: Israel said no Syria attack plan

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Rep.: Israel said no Syria attack plan

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 11 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a visiting group
of U.S. lawmakers to relay to Syria that Israel had no intention of
attacking it, according to one of the participants on the trip, Rep. Keith
Ellison, D-Minn.

"He very clearly said he was worried that Syria might misinterpret some
things that were happening in Israel, and he didn't want to end up in an
accidental war with them," Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress,
said in a telephone interview Saturday. "So he told us to tell them that
he was not planning to attack them."

Ellison said Olmert was concerned that if Syria believed that Israel was
planning an attack, the Syrians would make preparations to defend
against one, and then a conflict could be provoked if something
unexpected happened at the border.

The Israeli embassy in Washington had no immediate comment on Ellison's
account. There was no answer at the Syrian embassy on Saturday.

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[Kagemusha]

1. ...So what did he tell Pelosi?

I'm uh, curious now to say the least.

[mitchtv]

2. I'd be worried if I were Syria

We are, after all, discussing the liars brigade.