Iraq TV shows 'confessions' by fighters

Alleged Sudanese, Egyptian and Iraqi fighters have confessed on television to being trained by Syrian intelligence officers to bomb Iraqi security forces and behead police officers and civilians.

"I took part in the decapitation of 10 Iraqis, all of them policemen," a man, who gave his name as Muhammad Hamud Muhammad Mussa and said he was Sudanese, told the US-financed Iraqiya television station.

Mussa's "confession" came in one of three programmes this week in which men detained by security forces were brought forward one by one to tell a police interviewer of their alleged crimes.

There was no way to verify the statements or the identities the men gave, and the Syrian government has denied the claims.

"The cell that I ran was made up of Sudanese and Egyptians split into two groups, one of which specialises in beheadings and the other in planting bombs," he said.

interesting how this kind of news "come out" now,
when syria is under the looking glass.

as always the reaction of the people is very two sided:

"This is irrefutable proof of the involvement of Syrians who do not want a stable Iraq so that they won't be the next target of the Americans," said Jawad Haidar, a 26-year-old shopkeeper from Baghdad's Karrada district.

But Khalid Ahmad, a 40-year-old taxi driver, had a different interpretation: "It's simply another way for the Americans to put more pressure on Syria."

choose one.

source:
english.aljazera

[edit on 25-2-2005 by Souljah]

What kind of "real" pressure can we put on Syria?

Do you really think that the US is going to lobby to move into Syria while Iraq is still a hotspot?

[edit on 25-2-2005 by TacOps Security]

Originally posted by TacOps Security
What kind of "real" pressure can we put on Syria?

Do you really think that the US is going to lobby to move into Syria while Iraq is still a hotspot?

sure.
iraq is already a "mission accomplished"!
its time to calm down syria and help the israel in their "fight against terrorism" in middle east region.
then move to iran, since they are developing nuclear weapons.