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March 29, 2005
Bush Has Exit Strategy... For Syria
Another 2,000 Bug Out, Chanting "Just Keep Timothy Haag Away From Us!"
Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya:
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Two thousand more Syrian troops have left Lebanon, lowering Syria's military presence to 8,000 soldiers, the smallest deployment it's had here since the second year of the country's 1975-90 civil war, a military official said.
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At the time of Hariri's assassination, about 14,000 Syrian troops were in Lebanon. About 4,000 soldiers left in the first phase of a withdrawal that was completed March 17.
The Syrian army's presence made Damascus the power broker of Lebanese politics. The Lebanese opposition strongly resented Syria's domination, but the pro-Syrian government said Syrian troops were necessary for the country's stability.