London. 25 JAN 04. (Telegraph). David Kay, the former head of the coalition's hunt for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, yesterday claimed that part of Saddam Hussein's secret weapons program was hidden in Syria.
This seems to contradict what he said earlier in the day, which was picked up by all the anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-Republican, and anti-US sites.
He was probably thinking the same thing in both interviews. He might have been saying the same thing. Perhaps the reporters just heard the parts they wanted to hear. Or, perhaps he was not clear.
Syria had best tread carefully, as Jane's thinks SoD "Rummy" is mulling over ventures into other countries suspected of supporting terrorism, and Syria is one of them.
"Syria, once a powerhouse of Arab radicalism that could not be ignored, has been seriously weakened, both militarily and politically. Washington may feel that the time is coming to oust Bashir Al-Assad and the ruling generals."
It's hard to imagine the US would bite off another country at this point, given our unfinished business in Afghanistan and Iraq and the upcoming election, but we'll see.
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