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US withdraws ambassador from Syria Matt Lubniewski at 1:29 PM ET [JURIST] President Bush Tuesday recalled the US ambassador in Syria [US Embassy in Syria website] amid rising tensions over the recent assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut. Syria quickly condemned the murder in a press release issued by its US embassy in Washington, but the White House has publicly criticized [VOA report] Syria's ongoing military presence in Lebanon. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that Bush had summoned Ambassador Margaret Scobey back to the United States for "urgent consultations." Reuters has more. Link | 
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