The Associated Press reports Al-Zarqawi leaders met in Syria to plot the recent wave of violence. According to the Associated Press, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may have attended the Syrian meeting.
Syrian officials were unavailable for comment on the reported gathering of evil doers. But Syrian political analyst Imad Fawzi al-Shueibi dismissed the report as "part of an organized campaign against Syria:"
"Syria has no interest in (helping) al-Zarqawi," al-Shueibi said. "If al-Zarqawi and his group win in Iraq, they will turn the region into a fundamentalist nightmare."
The United States has repeatedly demanded that Syria do more to stop foreign fighters from entering Iraq across their porous 380-mile-long border:
General John Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, said:
"It's very important that the Syrian government do everything within its power to keep violence from migrating or being planned in Syria into Iraq," Abizaid said on Capitol Hill. Asked if he thought Damascus was doing enough, he replied: "No, I do not think the Syrian government is doing enough."
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice blamed Syria on Monday for complicating efforts by Iraq's new government to quell violence and appealed to Syria's Arab neighbors to force Damascus to close its borders.
Syria obviously does not fear the U.S. enough. Of course why should we expect Syria to control its border when we can't control ours.
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