US Urges Syria to Cut Flow of Foreign Fighters to Iraq

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VOA, here

"...The United States Monday publicly called on Syria to do more to curb the traffic of foreign fighters to Iraq through Syrian territory. The transit to Iraq of foreign extremists, which had been reduced to a trickle in recent months, is reportedly increasing again.

The Obama administration has confirmed that senior U.S. envoys in Damascus last week made a direct appeal to Syrian authorities to again crack down on cross-border traffic of Arab militants, some of whom have apparently been involved in recent suicide bombings in Iraq....
The Damascus visit by U.S. officials Feltman and Shapiro was their second in two months, and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell is understood to be considering his own visit there if the outreach effort is productive.

There is no early indication of that, however, with Syria and Iran reaffirming their alliance during a Damascus visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a week ago...."
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Posted by G, Z, & or B at 7:25 PM