The comment that Syria is the "fortress of the remaining dignity of the Arabs," tells us much about the mindset of  Mr. Galloway.  With this kind of thinking, it is no wonder that european jihad is in play.
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British MP: US Army Is Defeated in Iraq
By Sherrie Gossett
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
November 17, 2005

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(CNSNews.com) - America is defeated in Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a "slave of slaves," and the political strength of President George W. Bush is beginning to "seep away into the sand," according to British MP George Galloway who made the remarks in a speech delivered this week at Damascus University in Syria.

The remarks were carried by the Al-Jazeera TV network on November 13.

"America is losing the war in Iraq," said Galloway. "[P]ublic opinion in Britain and America is moving decisively against the policy of Bush and Blair."

"No American soldier who leaves his barracks can be sure that he will come back alive," said the MP who has previously described insurgents in Iraq as "martyrs" who "are writing the names of their cities and towns in the stars..."

"Every Iraqi, every roadside, every car is a potential deadly ending for him. And the American army... The American army is losing the will to fight."

"[T]hese are the final days of Tony Blair," said Galloway. "The British media is discussing every day whether this day Blair will resign."

Galloway praised Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, calling him "the last Arab ruler" of "the last Arab country."

Syria is being "targeted by these imperial powers" for doing "good" -- namely, for refusing to betray the "Palestinian resistance" and the "Lebanese resistance," Hezbollah, Galloway said. Syria also is being targeted because its leaders would not allow American military bases on its soil to "crush the resistance in Iraq."

"There is no chance of the American army invading Syria," Galloway said. "[T]he Iraqi resistance are defeating the American army in Iraq."

Last Sunday Galloway also met with Dr. Mahmoud al-Abrash, the speaker Syrian parliament. The MP praised the country and its president as a "man who refuses subordination."

Syria is now widely believed to be the rear-base of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda operations in Iraq.

International investigations have linked Syria's security apparatus to a number of al Qaeda actions, including the 2002 assassination of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in Amman, Jordan.

German investigators have linked Syrian intelligence to the Hamburg cell that produced the 9/11 hijackers, and in 2001 Spanish authorities dismantled the largest al Qaeda cell in Europe which was said to be composed mainly of Syrian nationals. Letters addressed to the head of Syrian intelligence were found in the home of one of the members.

Nevertheless, Galloway called Syria "the fortress of the remaining dignity of the Arabs"
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