Condi Rice to Present Diplomacy Plan for Syria... I Mean Lebanon...

[Leigh Meyers <leighcmeyers@xxxxxxxxx>]

It sounds like Syria is in the bombsights, I mean, after all, they're
just an Iranian satrap, right?

This is from usinfo.state.gov:

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=July&x=20060720182505ndyblehs0.8653986
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> U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Syria's
> rejection of the U.N. mission "in effect applies to all of our
> collective efforts to get an international solution" to the crisis in
> Lebanon.
>
> "We know the root cause of the present conflict is Hizballah's
> terrorists acts supported by Iran and Syria, but now, I think, we see
> more clearly the role Syria has and has been playing in frustrating
> efforts to bring this to a resolution," Bolton said.
>
> During a closed-door meeting with the 15-nation Security Council,
> Annan emphasized that he would assert his right to select whomever he
> felt was qualified for such missions.  However, the United Nations did
> not press the point with Syria because the team was needed back in New
> York to brief the council, he said.  Other U.N. officials point out
> that the United Nations has other means of approaching Syria, as well
> as Iran, another backer of Hizballah.
>
> It was reasonable to have the Nambiar mission at U.N. headquarters for
> the Security Council meeting, Bolton said, "but I don't see how the
> council can be fully informed or the U.N. can play a full role if a
> major party to the conflict -- Syria -- just isn't even interested in
> talking."
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Rice to Present Diplomacy Plan for Lebanon


Friday July 21, 2006 4:16 PM

By ANNE GEARAN
AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will lay out U.S.
plans Friday for a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Hezbollah
fighting, an administration official said.

Rice departs Sunday for the Mideast, and will carry the U.S. strategy
for ending the 10-day-old warfare and establishing stability in southern
Lebanon, a senior Bush administration official said. The official spoke
on condition of anonymity because Rice has not yet made her plans public.

The secretary is expected to detail her itinerary and agenda in
Washington later Friday.

The plans emerged following two days of meetings in New York with United
Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and envoys he sent to the region
this week. Although Annan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire,
that is opposed by the United States. The Bush administration says the
United States and the U.N. agree on the wider diplomatic goals for the
region.
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