Syria "clearly" inciting Israel border protests: U.S.
WASHINGTON |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday that Syria was "clearly" behind lethal confrontations between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters along the once-quiet ceasefire line between the two countries and that Israel has a right to defend itself.
"This is clearly an attempt by Syria to incite these kinds of protests," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, saying Damascus hoped to divert attention from its own internal problems. "Israel, like any sovereign nation, has a right to defend itself."
(Reporting by Andrew Quinn; Editing by Will Dunham)
- Tweet this
- Link this
- Share this
- Digg this
- Reprints
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/
Comments (8)
Mildheadwound wrote:
The Syrian government isn’t exactly in a position to rally civilians, to support Palestine, when they can’t even get them to support Syria, itself. Clearly, the US State Department gets it’s views from the people doing the shooting, of the concerned, unarmed civilians. And it wasn’t their own government this time. Jeez, everyone is out to kill the poor Syrians!
bobw111 wrote:
But why? It’s not like their killing a bunch of their own people and need a distraction is it.
What? They killed 80 of their own people today?
“Never Mind…”
Emily Lattela (Gildna Radner, may she rest in peace…)
Rika04 wrote:
well after the go-ahead from Obama what did we expect…
he tossed Israel under the bus & that gave the go-light too Hamas..
thankfully unlike us..
they protect their borders…
as for whats going on in Syria..
lets not pretend we care….
nobody is covering it…
it’s on page 20 these days..
he tossed Israel under the bus & that gave the go-light too Hamas..
thankfully unlike us..
they protect their borders…
as for whats going on in Syria..
lets not pretend we care….
nobody is covering it…
it’s on page 20 these days..
This discussion is now closed. We welcome comments on our articles for a limited period after their publication.
Follow Reuters