Mouallem: US May Face "Painful" Response
Source: nowlebanon.com, 11-03-2008
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem said that his country may resort to more "painful" measures if the United States doesn't give an official explanation for a deadly cross-border raid.
Syria retaliated to the October 26 US raid that killed eight people, including a father and his four sons, by ordering the closure of an American school and cultural center in Damascus, but Mouallem said that those measures were "introductory."
Speaking on Sunday in a TV interview with the Lebanese ANB satellite station, he warned Syria could escalate its response in the future, but did not elaborate.
Last Thursday, tens of thousands of Syrians poured out onto a Damascus square in a government-orchestrated rally to denounce the US raid.
A high ranking government official also challenged Washington to prove its claims that US helicopters had targeted a top al-Qaeda terrorist in the attack which Damascus confirms killed eight civilians.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem said that his country may resort to more "painful" measures if the United States doesn't give an official explanation for a deadly cross-border raid.
Syria retaliated to the October 26 US raid that killed eight people, including a father and his four sons, by ordering the closure of an American school and cultural center in Damascus, but Mouallem said that those measures were "introductory."
Speaking on Sunday in a TV interview with the Lebanese ANB satellite station, he warned Syria could escalate its response in the future, but did not elaborate.
Last Thursday, tens of thousands of Syrians poured out onto a Damascus square in a government-orchestrated rally to denounce the US raid.
A high ranking government official also challenged Washington to prove its claims that US helicopters had targeted a top al-Qaeda terrorist in the attack which Damascus confirms killed eight civilians.
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