Secretary Rice Reiterates American Warnings to Syria

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U.S. Secretary of State Rice said on Meet the Press Sunday: "We have focused on getting the Syrian regime to change its behavior. The Syrian regime is out of step with what is going on in the region....Are they fully living up to their obligations under Resolution 1559, which we co-sponsored with the French, to not destabilize Lebanon, to not sanction assassinations in that region? They are stirring up difficulties in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon, which is a problem for the Palestinian territories and the work that Mahmoud Abbas is trying to do in bringing a Palestinian state to bear. And they are permitting the use of Syrian territory for terrorists to cross Syrian territory. And by the way, in many cases they're coming through Damascus airport. This isn't crawling across the border." (State Department)