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DAMASCUS (Thomson Financial) - Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara blamed the 'violent policies' of the United States and Israel for the plight of millions of Iraqi and Palestinian refugees in the Middle East.'The policies of violence and force pursued by Washington and Tel Aviv threaten international security and stability, and pose a major obstacle to true peace between Arabs and Israel,' he charged in a speech in Damascus.'The United States and Israel are the main parties responsible for the influx of millions of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees to neighbouring Arab countries,' Shara said.'These two countries should assume the security, economic and moral consequences,' he told a conference on the Arab and Islamic press, which the state media said attracted more than 300 participants.The EU's development and humanitarian aid commissioner, Louis Michel, on a visit to Damascus yesterday, numbered Iraqi refugees in Syria at between 1.2 mln and 1.5 mln.Jordan also hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Iraq.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comafp/jrCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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