Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
85DAMASCUS4001
1985-06-27 10:29:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Damascus
Cable title:
ASAD CONGRATULATES QADHAFI ON RUPTURE WITH IRAQ
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DAMASCUS 04001
E.O.12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL SY LY IR
SUBJECT: ASAD CONGRATULATES QADHAFI ON RUPTURE WITH IRAQ
REF: A) DAMASCUS 3952, B) DAMASCUS 3787
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DAMASCUS 04001
E.O.12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL SY LY IR
SUBJECT: ASAD CONGRATULATES QADHAFI ON RUPTURE WITH IRAQ
REF: A) DAMASCUS 3952, B) DAMASCUS 3787
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1. (U) THE SYRIAN PRESS CARRIES AS SEPARATE ITEMS JUNE 27
ASAD'S TELEPHQNE CALL TO QADHAFI ON JUNE 26 AND THE NEWS
OF LIBYA'S APPEAL FOR THE EXPULSION OF IRAQ FROM THE
ARAB LEAGUE AND ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION. TRIPOLI
RADIO (FBIS LD262238) ELUCIDATES THAT, IN HIS CALL,
ASAD "DENOUNCED" IRAQ'S SEVERANCE OF RELATIONS WITH
LIBYA AND CONFIRMED SYRIA'S SUPPORT FOR LIBYA.
2. (C) COMMENT: FROM ASAD'S PERSPECTIVE, QADHAFI HAS
COME BACK TO HIS SENSES, AND DONE SO IN AN EVEN BETTER
WAY THAN COULD HAVE BEEN HOPED FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
TURAYKI'S TRIP TO BAGHDAD, ON THE HEELS OF COMING TO
DAMASCUS, MUST HAVE GIVEN THE SYRIANS SOME PAUSE. BUT
ANY SYRIAN CONCERN HAS BEEN MORE THAN WASHED AWAY IN A
FLOOD OF IRAQI-LIBYAN RECRIMINATIONS. THE RAMADAN WAR
OF THE CAMPS, AS THE SYRIANS PORTRAY IT, HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFULY CONCLUDED; IN ANY EVENT, QADHAFI IS NO LONGER
TALKING ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN PREDICAMENT IN LEBANON IN
WAYS THAT COME CLOSE TO ATTACKING SYRIA DIRECTLY. WHILE
LEBANON WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR SYRIA,
LIBYA, AND IRAN, THERE IS EVERY PROSPECT THAT THEY WILL
ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE EYE TO EYE ON IRAQ AND THE ARAB-
ISRAELI CONFLICT.
3. (U) BEIRUT MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
GLAGPIE
E.O.12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL SY LY IR
SUBJECT: ASAD CONGRATULATES QADHAFI ON RUPTURE WITH IRAQ
REF: A) DAMASCUS 3952, B) DAMASCUS 3787
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1. (U) THE SYRIAN PRESS CARRIES AS SEPARATE ITEMS JUNE 27
ASAD'S TELEPHQNE CALL TO QADHAFI ON JUNE 26 AND THE NEWS
OF LIBYA'S APPEAL FOR THE EXPULSION OF IRAQ FROM THE
ARAB LEAGUE AND ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION. TRIPOLI
RADIO (FBIS LD262238) ELUCIDATES THAT, IN HIS CALL,
ASAD "DENOUNCED" IRAQ'S SEVERANCE OF RELATIONS WITH
LIBYA AND CONFIRMED SYRIA'S SUPPORT FOR LIBYA.
2. (C) COMMENT: FROM ASAD'S PERSPECTIVE, QADHAFI HAS
COME BACK TO HIS SENSES, AND DONE SO IN AN EVEN BETTER
WAY THAN COULD HAVE BEEN HOPED FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
TURAYKI'S TRIP TO BAGHDAD, ON THE HEELS OF COMING TO
DAMASCUS, MUST HAVE GIVEN THE SYRIANS SOME PAUSE. BUT
ANY SYRIAN CONCERN HAS BEEN MORE THAN WASHED AWAY IN A
FLOOD OF IRAQI-LIBYAN RECRIMINATIONS. THE RAMADAN WAR
OF THE CAMPS, AS THE SYRIANS PORTRAY IT, HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFULY CONCLUDED; IN ANY EVENT, QADHAFI IS NO LONGER
TALKING ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN PREDICAMENT IN LEBANON IN
WAYS THAT COME CLOSE TO ATTACKING SYRIA DIRECTLY. WHILE
LEBANON WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR SYRIA,
LIBYA, AND IRAN, THERE IS EVERY PROSPECT THAT THEY WILL
ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE EYE TO EYE ON IRAQ AND THE ARAB-
ISRAELI CONFLICT.
3. (U) BEIRUT MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
GLAGPIE