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Article: U.S: Syria Supports Terrorist Groups
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- June 21, 2002
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ As Syria's foreign minister presided over the
U.N. Security Council on Thursday, the United States accused Syria
of supporting terrorist groups and demanded it condemn Palestinian
suicide bombings, diplomats said.
Syria's minister, Farouk al-Sharaa, denied that his country supported
terrorists, saying it didn't have the means _ financial or otherwise
_ to arm or give resources to terrorist groups, council diplomats
said.
Syria holds the council's rotating presidency for the month of June,
and al-Sharaa followed a council tradition of foreign ministers coming
to New York to preside.
Syria's U.N. Ambassador, Mikhail Wehbe, said ...