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aftu t:h.e 'Dnitecl Statell aoouse4 syz:ia' of allowing' tenoJ:1sts to enter :tra;
an4 Sadd•• Hussein'.~ b.enalmlen .to leave- it, ••1:£4 Gba4¥y informally
UDve11ecl hi. l.efozm Jlazoty of Syxola. H. uae4 the ocsClulcm of. the American
BDtazprla. tDatitute l ••aa0n4 co lase. weekly briefing on x~aq~ ~a 8~ie8
tha .illllt:i.t:uee o=tgazUlle4 to ·ooinoide with the- wu--to go public- with hi.
oppo8it1ozs .£fO:l:t8. Ghac!zy--who plans to azmcnmce a Syzoima gove=ment in
exil. iD the aonWIS mcmthll·-asJc.ec1 thea panel o~ WaabiDgt= -hawks', from the
auc1i8Da~, th8 ,quG.tion on 8VeryOl1e" m.1D41 'WhAt about zoeg1ma ~e foZ"
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!)cmalcll.wufe1cl JW:l aeDt ~. W12.1te HoUse a "Roacl Map for BYz'ian_-~ a
do_. lUValy pmitlve pol1ay opt1cm8 8pun:ec1 ))y the :PeDt:agoft.'. assessment.
-that .a.m~1:'iean .olcti.e~. we~e enc!aDgerG4 :by SY%'ials open-J.:)o:4e: policy
d1u"1rlg the wax". Thea -memoI. pxoposal., Tha Mew Reptml1a has lea=ed,
inCludadoc:1dJ:ig Ul~ai:r:cZ'a£t cU:l:i.i: within Syrian tU~itoria1 waterSl,
ua!ng prox1.. t.o ·unde!:mi216 Sy2iian ,intel-ligenc:a agata wide L~,
inte%'diot1ng' :l:rwan fligbt. to Helllbollah p08itiOl18 .in LebanoD, &Dc!
.enclinsr AIne!.CWlforGes ove~ the sYz':l.m boZ'cler in llhot p=,uit n or: .enio%'
I~aq1 off~aia.1•• MeanWh11e, CongJ:8SSl waa aeveloping a set of new ,8nClcioft8
agaiDat J)ama8ou.a that were tougher than the limited -J:)anl on weapons and
othor item. ~ UDited States has al%8&4? pa88a4. COUld ~a be a better
moment foZ' the SyziaD Ahmec1 Cbalabl to emeqe?
-pufo,.-tunat:*ly, :!~g _
libU'al cIi••ic1eAt. with a base of 8UPPO~t 1D sy¥1a makes ·finc:1inS ,1ibG1:'al
4l&J8ic1cmt. wlth a bas. of aup»o:tt in x:raq looJc .ally. The S?rian oPpo81ti=
1- OY.ftl1a~lypopulated by fundamentalist••- And Syr1u l~aral. have
Virtually DO public p:r:o~ile outslcle of ,Wash!.ll51ton.
The .iml1arit1e.
betw8eA GhaQry and ChalaJ)l; ·Qo..foundu of! the I2:aqt Matlcmal Cong1:8SJI,
seem .t~iJd.nS. Ghad%y, like Chalab1, baa hac! his sbare of bad. clays in
buSi!1e.8. Whi-1. Chalabi fled .1'o:t:dan·:I.D. 1981 afteJ: Petra Bank, Which he set
"'PI oollap&Jec1 -amidst. a11egat:LoIJ:8 of :fi~a:la1 f~auc1" OhaQ:r:y. owne.d
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Co., a chain of Ama~laan Goffe. .hops that: wen1: })azikX'UPt
in 1196. LiJca Chalabi, Ghadzoy walk•.and-· talks the languaseof :Libe~al
damoc:Z'acy. Hi. pazotY',8 .website boa.sts paperl on refomins s?:ria'SI
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