 The United States has determined that the Iraqi embassy in Syria serves to facilitate the flow of insurgents to fight the coalition in Iraq. U.S. officials said the Iraqi embassy in Damascus has refused to submit to the authority of the interim government in Baghdad.
| Then they're still on the other side, aren't they? |
They said the embassy has provided passports at sharply reduced costs to Islamic volunteers who have joined the Sunni insurgency movement.
| Probably time to change the passports, isn't it? |
The Iraqi embassy in Damascus has been one of at least two embassies that have refused to come under the authority of the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad and remain aligned with Saddam Hussein loyalists. The other Iraqi embassy was that in Libya. Officials said the Iraqi embassy in Damascus has arranged to issue passports for a range of Arab nationals who seek to join the insurgency. They said that for $95, or 5,000 Syrian pounds, applicants can receive a passport within a day.
| Sounds like a casus belli to me... |
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