Bush to Basher :-5 Assad:"Hand over the top 55 leaders of the Iraqi Insurgency or my Posse is riding in to get them!"
Debka, Mossads website reports that General Casey, commander of US forces in Iraq HAS ALREADY RECEIVED ORDERS FROM GEORGE W. BUSH TO PURSUE MILITARY ACTION INSIDE SYRIA!
Sunday, January 2, US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage performed his last major mission to Damascus with nine American demands:
1. Start repealing Syria’s 40-years old emergency laws.
2. Free all political prisoners from jail.
3. Abolish media censorship.
4. Initiate democratic reform.
5. Speed up economic development
6. Cut down relations with Iran.
7. Announce publicly that the disputed Shebaa Farms at the base of Mt. Hermon are former Syrian territory, thus cutting the ground from under Hizballah’s claim that the land is Lebanese and must be “liberated†from Israeli “occupation.â€
BUT MOST IMPORTANT:
8. Hand over to US or Iraqi authorities 55 top officials and military officers of the former Saddam regime, who are confirmed by intelligence to be established in Syria and running the guerrilla war in Iraq out of their homes and offices.
(An address, telephone number and cell phone number were listed beside each name).
But the punchline was in the last demand.
9. Syria had better make sure that none of the Kornet AT-14 anti-tank missiles which it recently purchased in large quantities from East Europe turn up in Iraq. US intelligence has recorded their serial numbers to identify their source. DEBKAfile’s military sources add: Because he cannot afford to buy advanced fighter planes and tanks, Assad purchased massive quantities of the “third generation†Kornet AT-14 anti-tank weapons.
Just in case any are found in Iraq, General Casey, commander of US forces in Iraq HAS ALREADY RECEIVED ORDERS from the commander-in-chief in the White House TO PURSUE MILITARY ACTION INSIDE SYRIA according to his best military judgment.
The American general has the AUTHORITY TO LAUNCH MILITARY ACTION against Syria as he sees fit and without delay if Damascus continues to meddle in Iraq’s affairs.
The Americans will not start out with a large-scale, orderly military offensive, but rather short in-and-out forays; small US and Iraqi special forces units will cross the border and raid bases housing Iraqi guerrillas or buses carrying them to the border. If these brief raids are ineffective, the Americans will upscale the action.
The Iraqi government will formally request the United States to consign joint Iraqi-US forces for action against Syrian targets, so placing the US operation under the Baghdad government’s aegis.
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=964
If the Syrians are stupid enough to become involved in Iraq then they deserve whatever they get.