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Ba'athist Organization Wants Syria To Cease Relations with US Embassy
Washington DC, November 19, 2004 /RPS News/ - Levant News reported from Damascus that the "National Organization for Boycott of American-British Goods (NOBABG)", supported and financed by the Ba'ath Party, has asked the Syrian government that relations with the US Embassy in Syria be terminated because of the US pressure on Syria and the invasion of Fallujah.
This threat comes on the heels of signs that the US is continuing to work hard for democracy in Syria, which inevitably will diminish terrorism and will help bring peace and stability to the Middle East. NOBABG threats are but one way the Ba'ath party is sending signals to the US that it will not cooperate on Iraq borders and will not exit Lebanon if the US remains adamant about democracy.
The organization accused the US Ambassador Margaret Scobey of extra curricular activities; in recent months, the US embassy has openly and publicly invited many civic leaders and organizers for the purpose of encouraging these leaders to help bring civic order to Syria.
The pressure on Syria's Ba'athists is mounting on all fronts. Both US Ambassadors in Damascus and Beirut are actively pursuing a policy of pressure against the regime of Assad. On the other hand, the Ba'athists in Syria have mounted their own campaign of terror by threatening or imprisoning those civic leaders who see a Ba'ath-free Syria.
As usual, NOBABG also accused any Syrian who talks with the US as an Imperialist and Zionist forgetting that the Damascus regime is in constant contact with the CIA and is trying desperately to open channels with the Bush administration.
Ba'athists Discussing Pluralism of Political Parties
Washington DC, November 18, 2004/RPS News/ -- Stories coming from inside Syria have confirmed that some Syrian opposition leaders have been informed that the Ba'ath party is seriously considering to pass laws that would allow opposition political groups to participate in the political landscape of Syria. The Ba'ath party is supposed to hold its 10th Central Committee Summit in January of 2005.
Such laws, if passed, will be too prohibitive according to an opposition leader reached in Damascus that wished to remain anonymous. "They will allow us to operate but the conditions under which we can operate will be stringent. We might as well not do anything" said the source.
Excessive controls such as the political position of any party that wish to register must be clear on such matters as the State of Israel and the Palestinian problem. Other stringent conditions may also include rules that would govern "criticism of the Ba'ath party" and "the Ba'ath will remain the central power governing the country".
The aim of the Ba'ath party is to allow only parties that are "friendly" to the regime to become operational to further erode the real democratic opposition by absorbing restless Syrians. This will make any other opposition illegal under new sets of laws that would see more opposition leaders being imprisoned or restricted.
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