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Iraq asks neighboring states to check infiltration
EFL Iraqâs interim leadership said it would work with neighbouring countries to curb infiltration by foreign fighters into the country, where a spate of attacks last week left some 130 people dead... Good idea, but it might require some leverage. In Kuwait City, Iraqi interim Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP he had asked his counterparts from neighboring states to help Iraq "in controlling the borders more effectively to prevent infiltrators and terrorist groups from sneaking into Iraq to carry out terrorist and criminal attacks." Zebari, speaking after a two-day meeting with his counterparts in Kuwait City, said bilateral security committees would be created "between Iraq on the one hand with Syria, Iran, Jordan, Turkey and maybe Saudi Arabia." But Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara later denied that there were any infiltrators crossing from Syria into Iraq. Theyâve hired Sgt Schultz as head of border security. "I see nuzzing." "There are no infiltrators from Syria, at all. Ask the Iraqi foreign minister," Shara told reporters after the Kuwait talks. "The responsibility for security inside Iraq is that of the occupation (authority) and not the responsibility of the neighbouring countries," he said. Really? Want us to pull the infiltrators out at the roots? Better go back and think about that. The US-led coalition and Iraqi officials have blamed foreign fighters infiltrating Iraq, notably from Syria, for a wave of deadly suicide attacks in the country. Two Lebanese were reportedly among four assailants killed when a group of insurgents attacked police and paramilitary bases Saturday in Fallujah, west of Baghdad.
In either case thereâs some asskicking overdue. Posted by: GK 2004-02-15 |
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