U.S., Syria Discuss Military Cooperation

According to Time magazine, the US and Syria are engaging in talks to establish military cooperation in an effort to help stabalize Iraq. The hope is tha the talk may lead to joint patrols along the borders of the two counties. The US feels the need to secure the border with Syria because it thinks alot of insurgents and weapons cross over. No doubt some level of consessions would be required for this to come to fruition.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite deep differences with Syria, Washington has initiated talks with Damascus in an effort to create a military-to-military relationship to help stabilize war-torn Iraq (news - web sites), Time magazine reported on Sunday.

Talks could even lead to joint U.S.-Syrian patrols along Iraq's border with Syria, which the United States accuses of supporting terrorism, interfering in Lebanon and violating human rights, Time quoted a senior U.S. official as saying.

The United States has complained that militants, money and weapons have crossed into Iraq from Syria, fueling the insurgency against U.S. troops. Senior U.S. officials met last week in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who Time said, was interested in possible military cooperation.

Spokespersons for the U.S. State and Defense Departments said on Sunday they were unaware of the Time report and had no comment.

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who is visiting Washington this week, has sought to win regional cooperation to stem the insurgency in Iraq, which U.S. officials believe is designed to prevent Iraqi elections from being held by January.

Time reported that gaining Syrian cooperation to help stabilize Iraq could depend on the United States letting up on Syria on other issues.
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Now this ironic, considering that Syria is suspected of harboring the WMD's that the U.S. forces have been trying to find. Heard a report the other day, that documents were found in Iraq to support this claim. Maybe I misunderstood it. But , the U.S. and Syria cooperating? There goes Syria on the terrorists lists of places to bomb.

Im sorry UMGazz beat me to the punch and the news article can be found here:

www.abovetopsecret.com...