Shaffer
04-22-03, 07:20 AM
U.S. Army forces took control of Baghdad from the Marines on Sunday in a changing of the guard that thinned the military presence in the capital. Celebrating Easter, a longtime Iraqi bishop pleaded for safeguards against the persecution of Christians in the new Iraq.
The search for postwar order in Iraq was reinforced by signs that Syria might help ease regional tensions.
In Texas, flanked by two stoic helicopter crewmen home safe from Iraqi captivity, President Bush said Syria appears to be heeding warnings to avoid becoming a safe haven for Saddam loyalists or a destabilizing influence across the border in Iraq.
"They're getting the message," Bush said.
The president attended Easter service at the Ford Hood Army base, where nearly half the fort's 42,000 soldiers are deployed to the Iraq region. Afterward, he said he expected Syria to turn over any Iraqis sought by the United States.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20030420-1307-iraqrdp.html
The search for postwar order in Iraq was reinforced by signs that Syria might help ease regional tensions.
In Texas, flanked by two stoic helicopter crewmen home safe from Iraqi captivity, President Bush said Syria appears to be heeding warnings to avoid becoming a safe haven for Saddam loyalists or a destabilizing influence across the border in Iraq.
"They're getting the message," Bush said.
The president attended Easter service at the Ford Hood Army base, where nearly half the fort's 42,000 soldiers are deployed to the Iraq region. Afterward, he said he expected Syria to turn over any Iraqis sought by the United States.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20030420-1307-iraqrdp.html