IRAQ

Globe and Mail: Syria's oil lifeline cut off
Washington - Turning the screws on Syria, the United States closed a
pipeline carrying Iraqi oil yesterday in a move that could cripple
Syria's
already weak economy. After days of warnings and accusations that Syria
is
a terrorist-supporting rogue state harbouring fleeing leaders of
deposed
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's regime - accusations that have been
rejected as false and baseless by Damascus - the White House moved to
back
up its tough talk, ordering U.S. Army engineers to shut the spigot that
fuelled one of the few healthy sectors of Syria's miserable economy.

ALSO: U.S. also denies Iraqi oil to Lebanon The United States has
halted
the flow of Iraqi oil to Lebanon. Arab diplomatic sources said the
U.S.-led
invasion forces in Iraq shut down the Iraqi-Syrian oil pipeline that
extended from Kirkuk to the Syrian port city of Banyas.
US denies Iraqi Oil to Lebanon

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