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Syrian firefight leaves one dead
Monday, July 4, 2005; Posted: 8:31 p.m. EDT (00:31 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/04/syria.clash/index.html
(CNN) -- Syrian security forces battled suspected terrorists early
Monday outside of Damascus, resulting in the arrest of two members of a
militant group, but leaving one member of the security force dead, Syria's
official news agency (SANA) reported.
Four Syrian security forces members were also wounded.
The gunbattle took place in an area called Qasyoun Mountain, near the
Syrian capital.
Taken into custody by police were Sharif Al Smadi -- said to be a
Jordanian -- and Mohammed Al Smadi, also known as Mohammed Salam.
SANA reported that a senior Syrian Information Ministry official said
the men had worked as security guards for former Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein.
The firefight comes a day after two Syrian border patrol guards and an
armed fundamentalist were killed in a clash on the Syrian-Lebanese
border, SANA reported.
The agency said the Arab fundamentalist opened fire at the border,
killing the two guards, before he was killed by other border personnel.
Later, 34 other suspects -- all non-Syrian -- were arrested in a
follow-up operation, SANA reported.
Syria has been under pressure from the United States to crackdown on
so-called foreign fighters said to be using the country to cross into
Iraq.