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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: It all depends on what you mean by "denial" Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 1:35 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	"We have information that shipments of military supplies have been crossing the border from Syria to Iraq, including night-vision goggles," Mr. Rumsfeld said at the Pentagon. Syria rejected the charge without denying it. (New York Times)<p>Iraq's information minister also denied the U.S. accusation, calling the claims "baseless" and Rumsfeld "ridiculous." "These accusations against brotherly Syria are of course baseless," Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said in an interview from Baghdad with Lebanon's Al-Hayat LBC satellite channel. "He (Rumsfeld) makes such lies on a daily basis." (Associated Press)<p>***Looks like a denial to me.***
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boogabooga1114	Post subject: Re: It all depends on what you mean by "denial" Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 3:29 am
Joined: Thu Jan 30, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 8 Location: Redding, Calif.	***Looks like a denial to me.***[/QB][/QUOTE]<p>To be precise, it looks like the Iraqis denied it.
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ADKbrown	Post subject: Re: It all depends on what you mean by "denial" Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 7:48 am
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	What does it mean to reject a charge without denying it? The Times phrasing is confusing, if not contradictory.
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rumymommy	Post subject: Re: It all depends on what you mean by "denial" Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 1:07 pm
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 138	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ADKbrown: What does it mean to reject a charge without denying it? The Times phrasing is confusing, if not contradictory.<hr></blockquote><p>"You stole my candy bar." "Why would anyone do that?"<p>There's a dismissal without denial.
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koyan	Post subject: Re: It all depends on what you mean by "denial" Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 11:31 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 29, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 7 Location: Great Falls, Montana	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 4Jfan: <p>"You stole my candy bar." "Why would anyone do that?"<p>There's a dismissal without denial.<hr></blockquote><p>"You stole my candy bar." "Shut up."<p>I think that's rejection without denial.
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tim	Post subject: Re: It all depends on what you mean by "denial" Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2003 2:55 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 151 Location: Gautier, Miss.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Boog: ***Looks like a denial to me.***<hr></blockquote><p>To be precise, it looks like the Iraqis denied it.[/QB][/QUOTE]<p>In the Rumsfeld camp, I'm not sure there's any difference between Syria and Iraq.
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