[[{"content_id":"81904","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"FM: Damascus will defend itself","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2008-04-04 12:39:00","content_summary":"","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":"Syrian FM says his country chose peace as a strategy but will respond to 'Israeli aggression'\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSyrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Thursday that his country has chosen peace as a strategic choice, but must remain alert in case of any act of aggression on Israel's part. \r\n&nbsp;\r\n&quot;Syria is ready to defense itself against any aggressiveness,&quot; he told European Union ambassadors during a dinner in Damascus, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Hayat reported. \r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe newspaper said that Zionist regime and Syria have exchanged peaceful messages on the backdrop of recent reports of tension. \r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe Syrian minister added that Washington expected to pressure the EU to adapt itself to the American policy. \r\n&nbsp;","content_html":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span lang=\"FA\" dir=\"rtl\"><o:p><font face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><font face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"2\">Syrian FM says his country chose peace as a strategy but will respond to 'Israeli aggression'<\/font><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span lang=\"FA\" dir=\"rtl\"><o:p><font face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Tahoma\">Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Thursday that his country has chosen peace as a strategic choice, but must remain alert in case of any act of aggression on <st1:country-region><st1:place>Israel<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>'s part. <span lang=\"FA\" dir=\"rtl\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span lang=\"FA\" dir=\"rtl\"><o:p><font face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span dir=\"ltr\"><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\"><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\"><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\"><\/span><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Tahoma\">&quot;<st1:country-region><st1:place>Syria<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> is ready to defense itself against any aggressiveness,&quot; he told European Union ambassadors during a dinner in <st1:city><st1:place>Damascus<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Hayat reported. <span lang=\"FA\" dir=\"rtl\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><o:p><font face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><font face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"2\">The newspaper said that Zionist regime and <st1:country-region><st1:place>Syria<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> have exchanged peaceful messages on the backdrop of recent reports of tension. <\/font><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><span lang=\"FA\" dir=\"rtl\"><o:p><font face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Tahoma\">The Syrian minister added that <st1:state><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> expected to pressure the EU to adapt itself to the American policy. <span lang=\"FA\" dir=\"rtl\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; 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