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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Iraq seals Syrian border |
| 2005-09-10 |
| Lots of stuff about Tal Afar posted by others and Baghdad airport deleted. The Iraqi prime minister sealed the northern border crossing into Syria on Saturday after complaints the neighboring country was not doing enough to stop crossings by foreign fighters, and he imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the area near the Rabiaa frontier post. The order by Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari was read on Iraqi television by Interior Minister Bayan Jabr. The decree closed the border to all transportation, including the railroad, except for vehicles with special permission from the Interior Ministry. Jabr said the closure was in effect under further notice. Iraq and the United States have complained bitterly that Syria has done too little to block the flow of so-called foreign fighters into Iraq across the long and porous border. He complained that neighboring nations had not done enough to stop the flow of foreign fighters. "I regret to say that instead of sending medicines to us, our Arab brothers are sending terrorists," al-Dulaimi said. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #4 Donks say that's impossible! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-10 23:47 |
| #3 Sounds like the Iraqis are taking care of business. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-09-10 23:24 |
| #2 I think this translates to: anybody who crosses the border will now be shot on sight, instead of making any effort to "arrest" them. I would suggest that this would be because there is a possible stampede of bad guyz all prepped to invade Iraq either to relieve Tal-Afar or to re-occupy it once the majority of friendly forces move on. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-09-10 22:55 |
| #1 Bitter complaints have greater impact when delivered by JDAM. With the MSM consumed by Katrina, now's a good time to get busy. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2005-09-10 22:22 |