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| Iraqis flood across Syrian border ahead of proposed visa restrictions |
| 2007-09-21 |
| Afraid of proposed new visa restrictions, Iraqis flooded into Syria at 10 times their normal numbers earlier this month until the measures were postponed, a Syrian customs official said Thursday. More then 20,000 Iraqis were pouring across the borders every day, compared to only 2,000 a day normally, starting on September 1, when Syria announced that visas would be required to enter the country, the official told reporters touring the remote Tanaf desert border crossing, 275 kilometers (170 miles) northeast of Damascus. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Yup. No right of return for these beauzeaux. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-21 15:11 |
| #4 What a lovely idea, Nimble Spemble. 'Specially if the Israelis are going to be forced to dump their fuel tanks again. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-09-21 15:08 |
| #3 Not for Baathists who have figured out they're going to lose but don't want to give up. This is really the retreat from Anbar. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-21 15:01 |
| #2 Wonder if there is an Arabic equivalent of the phrase "Out of the frying pan and into the fire." |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-09-21 10:08 |
| #1 hmmmm...I was hoping it was the other way, flooding back in. That could happen, if the Dhmmicrats would only lay off for a while. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-09-21 06:31 |