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| Iraq deploy more troops on border with Syria |
| 2008-11-02 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq on Saturday deployed more police forces at the border with Syria, as it dismantled a number of its border points with Iraq after the U.S. air strike on a target within the Syrian territories days a go. "Troops from the quick response force of al-Anbar province moved toward al-Qaem border city (200 miles northwest of Baghdad)," Brigadier Jubeer Rasheed Naif told Aswat al-Iraq. "This measure was taken to prevent al-Qaeda Organization's fighters from moving into Iraq from Syria," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 'moose, If we have to leave Iraq soon anyway we could be good Democrats and minimize or CO2 emissions and debark through Latakia instead of Kuwait, at least for our East Coast troops. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-11-02 10:09 |
| #1 Debka reported that the Syrians had moved their 3rd Army and 8th Army from the Iraq border South to menace Lebanon, leaving the border open to any terrorists who want to cross into Iraq. Which also means that any US forces who are idle might join with these Iraqi troops. This would send a message that if Syria decided to invade Lebanon or attack Israel, that its Iraqi border would be undefended. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-11-02 00:15 |