ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- saved from url=(0044)http://www.kuna.net.kw/Story.asp?DSNO=353645 --> <HTML lang=ar-saudi><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <STYLE type=text/css>A:link { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:visited { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:active { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } A:hover { COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY vLink=black aLink=black link=black bgProperties=fixed background=syria-1.files/bkgrightLogo.jpe> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cols=3 cellPadding=0 width=741 align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=1 bgColor=cornflowerblue><BR></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=590> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=left>&nbsp; <U><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=orangered size=3>OFFICIAL ASSERTS SYRIA''S READINESS TO COOPERATE AGAINST TERRORISM </STRONG></U></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD>&nbsp; </TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>KUN0071 4 GEN 0226 KUWAIT /KUNA-UFE6 </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>POL-SYRIA-TERRORISM </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>OFFICIAL ASSERTS SYRIA'S READINESS TO COOPERATE AGAINST TERRORISM </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2></FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>TUNIS, SEPT 20 (KUNA) -- ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SYRIAN BAATH </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>PARTY ABDULLAH AL-AHMAR ASSERTED ON THURSDAY SYRIA'S CONDEMNATION OF THE </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES AND EXPRESSED ITS READINESS TO </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>COOPERATE AGAINST TERRORISM. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>SPEAKING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE UPON THE CONCLUSION OF A FIVE-DAY VISIT TO </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>TUNISIA, AL-AHMAR SAID "WE ARE NOT SATISFIED AT THE U.S. POLICY TOWARDS </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>ISRAEL, BUT DESPITE THAT, WE HAVE CONDEMNED THE TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL ATTACK </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>AND EXPRESSED OUR READINESS TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED STATES AGAINST </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>TERRORISM". </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>HE POINTED TO A DISSIMILARITY IN RECOGNIZING TERRORISM BETWEEN THE UNITED </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>STATES AND ISRAEL ON ONE SIDE AND WITH THE ARAB BLOC ON THE OTHER. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>HE SAID THE PALESTINIANS AE DEFENDING THEIR LANDS AND TO RECOVER THEIR </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>EXTORTED RIGHTS, THUS, THEY MUST NOT BE STERIOTYPED AS TERRORISTS SIMILAR TO </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>THE PALESTINIAN SECTS RESIDING IN SYRIA WHICH HAVE NEVER CARRIED OUT ANY </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>TERRORIST ACTION. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>HE ADDED THAT SUCH SECTS HAD BEEN DEPORTED BY ISRAEL AND THEY ARE ONLY </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>SEEKING TO RETURN HOME. </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE UNITED STATES INVESTIGATES THOUROUGHLY </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>AD PRESENT CLEAR-CUT EVIDENCES OVER INVOLVEMENT OF SPECIFIC PARTIES IN LAST </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>WEEK'S EVENTS THAT HAD SHAKEN THE UNITED STATES. (END) </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>SH.TG </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2>KUNA 202054 Sep 01NNNN </FONT> <TD></TD> <TR> <TD align=left>&nbsp; <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=darkblue size=2></FONT> <TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle width=150> <TABLE width=150> <TBODY></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>