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Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051024-6.html
Bush: "Syria Must Take the Demands of the Free World Very Seriously"
(White House) President Bush said in an interview with Al Arabiya television on Monday: [UN Resolution] "1559 was a very serious statement by the free world and the United Nations to say to Syria, get out of Lebanon, leave Lebanon alone, let the Lebanon democracy flourish and function. Syria saw that the world spoke in one voice. And nobody wants there to be a confrontation. On the other hand, there must be serious pressure applied so that the leader understands that, one, they can't house terrorist groups that will destroy the peace process with Israel and Palestine, for example; two, they should stop meddling in Lebanon; three, that they should stop allowing transit of bombers and killers into Iraq that are killing people that want there to be a democracy. In other words, there are some clear demands by the world. And this Mehlis report, as I say, had serious implications for Syria, and the Syrian government must take the demands of the free world very seriously."