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Syrian FM Accuses US of 'Slander Campaign'

   VOA News 01 May 2010

   Syria's  foreign  minister  says  the  United  States  is conducting a
   "slander campaign" by alleging its weapons transfers could destabilize
   the Middle East.
   Foreign  Minister  Walid  al-Moallem  said  Saturday  that the biggest
   threat to the region is the transfer of U.S.-made weapons to Israel.
   Earlier  this  week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that
   Syrian  transfers  of  weapons  to Lebanon's Hezbollah militia posed a
   serious threat to Israel and could destabilize the region.
   Al-Moallem  compared  the  accusation to what he described as the U.S.