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Source: http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/07/wsyria07.xml
Assad Given Weapons Ultimatum
(Telegraph-UK) America and Britain rebuffed President Bashar Assad of Syria Tuesday, telling him bluntly that Damascus must give up its weapons of mass destruction or face ostracism - even if neighboring Israel keeps its nuclear arms. "Israel is in a unique position as the only state whose very existence is threatened," said a senior British government source. "There is no point in asking for a WMD-free Middle East while there are countries parading missiles with a sign up the side saying Death to Israel." Britain believes Syria not only harbors Palestinian extremist groups, but is actively preventing them from agreeing to an Egyptian-mediated Palestinian ceasefire.