US administration changes ambassadors
The al-"Muharrir al-Arabi " daily which is issued in London said in its today's issue said that the US administration will change the American embassies in Syria and Lebanon by two others who belong to the CIA.
The paper quoted an Arab diplomatic source in Washington as saying on Thursday that the American ambassadors in each of Lebanon and Syria will be within a vast group of American ambassadors in the world who will be withdrawn and changed during the coming three months.
The source quoted US state department as saying that the US ambassador in Beirut David Satter-field will be withdrawn by the end of March and replaced by another who supports the ruling Republican party.
The source quoted sources closer to the US state secretary Colen Powel saying that changing Satter- Field and the US ambassador in Damascus Rayan Crocker will be a very important matter in the coming stage with the winning of Sharon the Israeli Cabinet.
People close to Powel said that the US ambassador in Tel Aviv Martin Indyk who is close to the national security department under Samuel Berger and who has friends inside the Likud party led by Sharon might continue his current post. Indyk was described by the Arab diplomatic source as more Likudian than many of the Likud's leaders.
