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To: GST who wrote (117746)	10/26/2003 5:08:18 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"I think on the whole that they have been quite cooperative," said Greenstock, Britain's former ambassador to the United Nations (news - web sites), when asked if Syria and Iran were actively trying to destabilize Iraq. It depends upon what part of these governments you're referring to, and what standard we're applying in assessing "cooperation". Each of these countries have tenuous holds upon their domestic authority. The Alawites of Syria have always been a minority, while the Iranian ayatollahs face serious subversion from both terrorist groups like the Jerusalem Front and their own restless young population.. One would think that they would be more cooperative, given the threat that Sunni and Wahhabi militants pose to their regimes. But we're still finding that a large percentage of foreign fighters being captured are from Syria.. And the Syrians certainly have a vested in permitting their Sunni militants to cross over and be killed or captured by the US and Iraqi authorities. The politics in both countries are, admittedly, incredibly complex, with various factions vying for power. Hawk