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September 9, 2004
ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon poured cold water today on the prospects of a peace deal with Syria, accusing Damascus of "influencing terror" against the Jewish state by sheltering Hamas leaders.
Mr Sharon said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post that recent reported declarations by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he wanted peace were a public relations gesture and he had to show real intent by shutting down the offices of hardline Palestinian factions based in Damascus.
Iran began assembly of an "army of martyrs" in June, recruited by The Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign. In the first week of its June campaign, officials of the group said 10,000 young volunteers registered for "martyrdom operations" against Israel and US forces in Iraq.
Iran has also issued threats in the past, including one in the past month, that it would destroy Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.