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17. Neil MacFarquhar, “Syria Fears the Unknown: What’s Behind U.S. Threats,” New York Times, April 15, 2003.
18. As cited in Gambill, “The American-Syrian Crisis.”
19. Paul Kerr, “Senior US Officials Voice Concern over Syria’s WMD Capability,” Arms Control Today, May 2003, http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003_05/syria_may03.
20. Ziad Abdelnour, “The US-Syrian Crisis: Why Diplomacy Failed,” Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, October 2003.
21. Judy Miller, “Senior U.S. Official to Level Weapons Charges Against Syria,” New York Times, September 13, 2003.
3. PARADISE LOST
1. “Trying to Fit In,” Syria Today, zero edition, March 2004.
2. “Bush Signs Syria Sanctions Bill,” CNN.com, December 13, 2003, http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/12/bush.syria/.
3. “US Sanctions Are Work of Israel’s Friends in Congress: Syria,” AFP, December 11, 2003.
4. Andrew J. Tabler, “US Sanctions Unjust, Unjustified,” Daily Star, May 13, 2004.
5. Executive Order 13338—Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria, Federal Register, May 13, 2004.
6. Ibid.
4. PRESSURE YIELDS RESULTS
Portions of this chapter originally appeared in the Institute of Current World Affairs member newsletter.
1. “Lebanon’s Government Quits in Face of Mass Protest,” Reuters, February 28, 2005.
2. Andrew J. Tabler, “The Gathering Storm,” Institute of Current World Affairs (newsletter), March 2005.
3. “Security Council Declares Support for Free, Fair Presidential Election,” Security Council press release 8181, September 2, 2004, http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8181.doc.htm.
4. Nicholas Blanford, Killing Mr. Lebanon (New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006).
5. “Rice on Death of Former Lebanon PM Rafik Hariri,” US Department of State press release, February 14, 2005.
6. White House press conference transcript, February 17, 2005.
7. Joel Brinkley, “Rice Says Syria Is at Least Indirectly Responsible for the Blast,” New York Times, February 17, 2005.
8. “Syria Must Withdraw from Lebanon: Bush,” Daily Times, February 24, 2005.
9. “Rice Turns Up the Heat on Syria,” BBC News, March 2, 2005.
10. Hassan Fattah, “Saudis Join Call for Syrian Force to Quit Lebanon,” New York Times, March 3, 2005.
11. Robin Wright, “U.S. Rejects Syria’s Withdrawal Plan for Lebanon,” Washington Post, March 6, 2005.
12. “Adviser to the Syrian President: Establish a Foreign Investment and We Expect Revenues of $7 Billion over the Next Five Years,” Al-Sharq al-Awsat, February 26, 2005.
13. The initial signatories of the Damascus Declaration were the NDR, the Kurdistan Democratic Alliance, the Kurdish Democratic Front, the Committee for the Revival of Civil Society and the Future Party. Prominent opposition figures included Riad Seif, Jawdat Sa’id, Dr. Abd al-Razzaq Id, Samir Nashar, Dr. Fida al-Hourani, Dr. Adil Zakkar, Abd al-Karim al-Dahhak, Haitham al-Maleh, and Nayif Qaysiyah. Damascus Declaration, October 16, 2005.
14. Sami Moubayed, interview with the author, Damascus, Syria, October 20, 2005.
15. “Landis: Damascus Rife with Rumors on Whether UN’s Lebanese Investigation Implicates Syrian Leadership,” Bernard Gwertzman, consulting editor, Council on Foreign Relations, October 21, 2005.
16. United Nations Security Council, 5,297th meeting, October 31, 2005.
17. “Security Council Demands Syria’s Unambiguous, Immediate Response to Commission Investigating Assassination of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri,” Security Council 5,329th Meeting (PM), December 15, 2005.
18. Abdel Khalim Khaddam, interview on Al Arabiya, December 30, 2005, transcript, http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2005/12/31/19936.html#8.
5. THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND
Portions of this chapter originally appeared in the Institute of Current World Affairs member newsletter.
1. Katherine Zoepf, “Syrian Leader Says His Nation Is Being Made a Scapegoat,” New York Times, November 10, 2005.
2. Bashar al-Assad, “Comprehensive Political Speech Delivered by H.E. President Bashar al-Assad at the Damascus Auditorium,” official copy of speech issued by Tishreen newspaper,