http://syria.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for syria en Fri, 25 May 2007 03:37:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2008253 unknown@Netscape.com For the Syrian government, the Bush administration seems to have finally realised that without recognising Syria's interests and regional role, there will be no peace in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine. Fri, 25 May 2007 03:37:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2008253syriarolepeaceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1895687 unknown@Netscape.com Despite weeks of relentless right-wing attacks, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) latest approval ratings are virtually unchanged from results taken during the first week of April, a new AP/Ipsos poll shows. Mon, 14 May 2007 21:29:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1895687pelosiiraqsyriaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1745347 unknown@Netscape.com Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice again belittled Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for traveling to Syria last night, hours after she held high-level talks with Syria's foreign minister. Fri, 04 May 2007 21:32:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1745347ricepelosisyriaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1550464 unknown@Netscape.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told colleagues yesterday that she was incredulous after President Bush pulled her aside at the end of a meeting Wednesday and told her he did not criticize her recent trip to Syria. [via reddit] Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:33:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1550464pelosisyriabushwhitehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1453731 unknown@Netscape.com After the White House berated Pelosi for visiting Syrian president Assad, it was revealed that Republican Congressmen were in Damascus at the same time just as eager to relay the same message as Pelosi. "It's obvious the White House is desperate to find some phony criticism of the speaker's trip, even though it was a bipartisan trip," sai Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:41:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1453731nancypelosisyriawhitehouseDickcheneyrepublicansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1410657 unknown@Netscape.com The Republican Jewish Coalition is bankrolling attack ads on Speaker Pelosi over her trip to Syria. The coalition includes Ari Fleischer, David Frum, Sheldon Adelson, Lewis M. Eisenberg and Ken Mehlman. They also financed ads for Lieberman during his senate race and have some overlap with the Scooter Libby Defense Fund. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:30:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1410657nancypelosisyriarepublicanjewishcoalitionSmearcampaignNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1411263 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has come under heavy fire on a number of fronts over her trip to Damascus and her meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad -- an enemy of the United States, according to the Bush administration. But Syria insists it is no foe. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:32:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1411263syriamiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1393050 unknown@Netscape.com Syria has enlisted the help of Germany to push forward economic reforms and attract foreign investors. In bilateral talks, Germany has renewed its commitment to Syrian development. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:40:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1393050syriaGermanyeconomicinvestmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1363917 unknown@Netscape.com John Kerry submits a 'Diary' to his Daily Kos readers. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:57:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1363917johnkerrynancypelosispeakerofThehousesyriaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1364557 unknown@Netscape.com The American media, taking its cues from the Limbaugh/Cheney/AEI faction -- the world in which negotiating with a country like Syria is some sort of radical and highly "controversial" idea -- simply doesn't recognize how isolated and on the fringe this right-wing faction is, a fact which even the faction itself is beginning to acknowledge Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:00:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1364557nancypelosisyriamediaCriticismcontroversyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1339479 unknown@Netscape.com The Washington Post published an editorial attacking Speaker Pelosi's bipartisan delegation trip to the Middle East. In a telling sign, the poisonous editorial contradicts the Post's own reporting on the Speaker's visit to Syria. Speaker Pelosi accurately relayed a message given to her by Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to Syrian President Assad. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:48:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1339479nancypelosisyriawashingtonpostIsraelrepublicansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1329184 unknown@Netscape.com With her brief visit to Syria, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has provoked an outburst of flaming hysteria from the Bush administration, as well as from the neoconservatives who fashioned its ruinous war and failed foreign policies. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:52:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1329184pelosineoconservatismsyriaOhlmertmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1310563 unknown@Netscape.com Former President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, rejecting White House criticism of the visit. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:53:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1310563syriajimmycarternancypelosibushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1292523 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush voiced displeasure on Tuesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, saying it sends mixed signals to the government of President Bashar Assad. "A lot of people have gone to see President Assad....and yet we haven't seen action. He hasn't responded," Bush told reporters at a Rose Garden news conference. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:49:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1292523bushpelosisyriaAssadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1233875 unknown@Netscape.com In the four years since the Iraq war began, 2 million refugees have left the country. The journey to Syria is a dangerous one -- but as it gets safer, the trip is becoming more and more popular. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:26:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1233875iraqsyriaRefugeesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/929424 unknown@Netscape.com The European Union is preparing to restart high-level contacts with Syria for the first time in two years. Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:50:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/929424EUsyriameetingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/787190 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, have agreed to join U.S. and British representatives at a regional conference here on the Iraqi security crisis, government officials said Wednesday. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:40:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/787190iraqiransyrianeighborssummitNews http://web2announcer.com/go/793633 unknown@Netscape.com Syria will take part in a meeting to stabilize Iraq attended by the United States, the official Syrian news agency SANA said on Wednesday. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:05:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/793633syriairaqconferenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/573112 unknown@Netscape.com Captured in Erbil, Iraq was Col. Far Hassami, number three in the Qods Brigades hierarchy, below Brigades commander Gen. Qassem Sulemaini, revealed: Col. Ghassem Abtahi was the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC: Pasdaran) 'overall commander of Tehran's program to dominate Iraq... the RG representative attached to the HezbAllah command in Leba Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:37:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/573112iraqiransyriaterrorismAlQudsBrigadeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/579483 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran for 72 hours as part of the drive to secure and pacify Baghdad, the Iraqi commander of the crackdown said Tuesday, hours after a suicide bombing in a mainly Shiite neighborhood killed at least 15 people. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:25:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/579483iraqiransyriaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/196607 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Kuwait's emir told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Washington should talk to Syria and Iran to improve the situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Wednesday. Rice was in Kuwait on Tuesday for a meeting on Iraq with her counterparts from the six Arab Gulf states plus Jordan and Egypt." Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:34:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/196607condoleezzariceKuwaitsyriamiddleeastiraqiranNews http://web2announcer.com/go/186325 unknown@Netscape.com National Intelligence Director Also Warns Of Al Qaeda In Somalia, Nukes In Iran And N. Korea. "By definition (these talks) have to remain informal and secret. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:48:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/186325PoliticsIsraelsyriapeacetalkNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7245 unknown@Netscape.com We are walking with open eyes into our next war." The pessimism of a senior Israeli official who made that comment on Aug. 13 was striking because he had just finished telling a group of security analysts brought to Israel by the American Jewish Committee that the United Nations-brokered cease-fire had achieved many of Israel's goals. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:20:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7245NewsIsraelsyriaMiddle EastiranLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/7121 unknown@Netscape.com Just what Lebanon needs: a disruption in power supplied by Syria to replace the energy lost when Israel destroyed the Lebanese power stations. The disruption was supposedly due to technical issues, not because of a political decision by Syria. The state-owned Lebanese power company, Electricite du Liban, thought the outage would last 2-3 days. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:31:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7121PoliticselectricityLebanonsyriapower outageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5864 unknown@Netscape.com 'Before the Israeli attack, Lebanon no longer existed, it was no more than a hologram. At Beirut innocent citizens like myself were forbidden access to certain areas of their own capital,' writes Michael Behe from the Metula News Agency Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:29:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5864PoliticsLebanonIsraelHezbollahiransyriaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5312 unknown@Netscape.com Israel raids Hezbollah about 60 miles north of the border, thereby violating the ceasefire agreement, in an attempt to disrupt more weapons shipments from Iran and Syria. Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:50:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5312NewsIsraelHezbollahraidiransyria http://web2announcer.com/go/4484 unknown@Netscape.com The IDF will have to resume operations in Lebanon if the expanded United Nations force being assembled does not fulfill its obligation to dismantle Hizbullah, an official in the Prime Minister's Office warned on Tuesday. Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:19:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4484PoliticsIsraelLebanonsyriaHezbollahNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4446 unknown@Netscape.com In the sparse Baathist drawing rooms of Damascus, reality often seems a long way away. But it was a sign of the times that President Bashar al-Assad was able to bring the great and the good of Damascus to their feet by the simple token of telling the truth - which no other Arab leader has chosen to do these past five weeks. Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:16:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4446PoliticsIsraelHezbollahbushsyriaAssadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2052 unknown@Netscape.com George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisers saw the Israel-Hezbollah conflict as a chance to get the Israelis to spread the war to Syria and achieve the long-sought goal of 'regime change' in Damascus. Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:38:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2052PoliticswarmideastsyriaIsraelHezbollahNews