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Powell dismisses Syrian anti-WMD proposal
Also Saturday, Powell rejected a Syrian proposal that the U.S. immediately support an Arab-backed United Nations resolution on ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction - a proposal obviously aimed at Israel, which is supected of having nuclear weapons, a suspicion which Jerusalem has never confirmed.Ahead of his meeting with Assad, the secretary of state said that clearing such weapons from the region is a long-standing U.S. goal, but now is not the time to address that matter.
"Now is not the time to address the matter"? What was the point of Iraq?
