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Arabs behaving badly, again.
Syria Calls the Arab Leagues Sanctions Economic War
Syria Calls the Arab Leagues Sanctions Economic War
DAMASCUS, Syria The Arab League declared economic war on Syria when it leveled broad trade sanctions against it, Syrias foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, said on Monday, warning that the country could use its strategic location to retaliate.
Syria cannot be treated like this, Mr. Moallem said at a news conference broadcast live around the region. He was by turns indignant and incredulous that the Arab League had turned the tool of sanctions, which it had long reviled, on one of its own.
Sanctions can cut both ways, he said. And while he contended that he did not want to threaten anyone, he said, We should study well Syrias geographic location as a transit point for commercial traffic.
Continued: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/w...ue-sanctions-economic-war.html?pagewanted=all