Misreading the sanctions message
By Ammar Abdulhamid
Special to The Daily Star
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
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And so it finally happened. American sanctions against Syria are now official. Though everybody knows that America's bark here was worse than its bite and that the sanctions have no real teeth, they do come both as a warning and as a potential prelude for a more serious assault on Syria's regime and, perhaps, sovereignty. But, are the authorities in Damascus aware of this? More importantly, can they adapt?
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