Jump to full article: Reuters, 2002-09-17
Intro: Syrian groups opposed to a U.S. attack on Iraq urged their countrymen on Tuesday to boycott American cigarettes, saying Arab people would not stand silent in the face of any U.S. military action.
''(We) call on the Arab Syrian masses to participate in the Arab boycott on American cigarettes,'' the groups said in a statement. ''The Arab masses...will not stand with their hands tied ahead of the new American aggression against Iraq or any other Arab country.''
The groups include the National Committee to Boycott U.S. Goods and Interests.
The call for a boycott of cigarettes -- one of the few U.S. products available in Syria -- mirrors similar movements in Lebanon, Egypt and other Arab countries to protest what Arabs see as U.S. support for Israel against the Palestinians.
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