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Syria Cuts Military Cooperation With U.S.
Las Vegas SUN (AP) ^ | 05/24/05 | ALBERT AJI

Posted on 05/24/2005 6:51:52 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria has stopped security and military cooperation with the United States in recent months after Washington failed to respond to repeated overtures from Damascus, Syria's ambassador said Tuesday.

"There has been no cooperation between Syria and the United States on security and military matters simply because all attempts of cooperation between us and them have not led to a political result," Imad Mustafa told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Washington.

He said Syria had not cooperated with the United States "for months."

"The United States will not be satisfied with Syria unless Syria follows a policy that suits the American political orientation and Israeli interests," Mustafa said, echoing widely held beliefs in the Arab world that the United States is biased toward Israel.

He said the United States wants to "redraw the political map of the region in a way that suits American and Israeli interests."

The United States accuses Syria of facilitating the Iraqi insurgency across its borders, claiming Syria is not doing enough to stop the flow of foreign fighters and funds into Iraq.

Syria denies the accusations, saying it is doing everything it can to control the long, porous border with Iraq.

fwiw, I saw that article too.
the fact that we are on the border and they are helping the insurgents against us, and someone is calling that cooperation... belies the fact that we are probably killing a lot of syrian and iranian 'insurgents' who use that border as their private military base.

we are probably killing a lot of syrian and iranian 'insurgents' who use that border as their private military base.

Operation Matador, just a few weeks ago.

285 terrorists killed, IIRC, and several hundred captured. Many Syrians and Saudis.

Now imagine what happens when you start interrogating several hundred captured Syrian and Saudi mercenaries, and you're entering all that data into your investigative database. A picture begins to emerge: names, associations, money, leadership, etc.

That's the reason for the "diplomatic walkout". The Syrians have been caught red-handed through probably dozens of corroborating statements, as well as a detailed picture of precisely who's involved in financing and supporting the psychotic and murderous assault against innocent Iraqis.

Immediately after the "walkout" and the "false allegations", I would guess that the Syrians started calling their Bahrain bankers and looking for hidey holes for the inevitable day of reckoning.

Because many Syrian Baathist officials are now Dead Men Walking.