IS SYRIA NEXT?

This is the big Iraq war-related question at Le Monde (see here), the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (see here), and the Neue Zuercher Zeitung (see here). Way at the bottom of the detailed and interesting Le Monde article, you get Dominique de Villepin's reaction, which is essentially to argue that the U.S. has chosen the wrong time to go after Syria because international attention needs to remain focused on the challenges of postwar Iraq. The Sueddeutsche's piece is shorter: it references this Washington Times piece about possible Iraqi weapons experts in Syria (the search for which the Times of India ridicules, see the previous post). The NZZ adds the reaction of Amr Mussa, the General Secretary of the Arab League, who warns that what he considers to be Washington's unfounded claims about Syrian aid to top Iraqis could further destabilize the region.