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The road to Damascus.

Authors :
Kampfner, John
Source :
New Statesman. 4/21/2003, Vol. 132 Issue 4634, p14. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

Offers the view that the United States is redirecting its war on terror, after military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, to a third front, Syria. Dissemination of information to the media by U.S. Brigadier General Vince Brooks; Incongruity of war and the happy press releases given by the U.S.; Details of a briefing by U.S. Navy Captain Frank Thorp about the sporadic fighting and resistance in Iraq; British relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad; Role of British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in supporting the American intolerance of regimes in Syria and Iran; Description of the American presence in Doha, Qatar.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13647431
Volume :
132
Issue :
4634
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New Statesman
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9538846