WAR: Syria Agrees to Work with Iraq to Seal Border, page 1
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Topic started on 11-7-2004 @ 01:03 PM by Phoenix
In a move that tacitly admits border crossings from Syria to Iraq by terrorists bent on destabilizing the Iraqi Interim government Syrias president, Bashar al-Assad agreed to set up joint border security teams to patrol the border and investigate infiltrations.




news.bbc.co.uk
Iraq and Syria have agreed to set up a special security force to stop fighters crossing their joint border into Iraq.

Iraq's deputy prime minister, Barham Saleh, and the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, reached agreement during a meeting in the Syrian capital Damascus.

The United States has blamed the presence of foreign fighters for inflaming the Iraqi insurgency.


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Assad's agreement with Iraq's deputy prime minister, Barham Saleh on the border issue also seems to indicate Syrian acceptence of Iraqs new government as a viable and legitimate entity that will survive the current upheaval in Iraq.

[edit on 11-7-2004 by Phoenix]


reply posted on 11-7-2004 @ 01:11 PM by Phoenix
Theres also this Reuters story on the same subject,

Syria Agrees to Work with Iraqi's on border Security


Salih said the Syrian president assured him that Damascus was keen on "preventing any form of infiltrations and that the borders are controlled from both sides." Salih said their views were "identical" on security issues.

"The Syrian side is, as President Bashar al-Assad emphasized, is ... interested in the stability of Iraq and the future of Iraq," he said


Thats a very telling statement from Assad.
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