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Assad says Israel likely to attack Syria

Thursday, 21-Sep-2006 03:28PM EDT
Story from United Press International. Copyright 2006 by United Press International (via ClariNet)

DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad told a Lebanese newspaper that he believes Israel will use Syria's supposed ties to Iran to attack his country.

In an interview with As-Safir, Assad said he believes that Israel's leaders need a new military operation because they are in a political crisis.

"Syria will resist, stand strong and never give in," he said.

The leadership of Israel's Kadima Party is divided on negotiating with Syria, the Jerusalem Post reported. In August, Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said that he supports trading withdrawal from the Golan Heights for a permanent peace agreement but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert disagrees.

"I am the last person who will say I want to negotiate with Syria," Olmert said, calling Syria "the single most aggressive country of the axis of evil."

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