Wikileaks
US admitted Syria victim of al-Qaeda with 1,200 affiliates arrested at secret meeting with James Foley in 2009
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The U.S. also recognized Syria had been a
victim of al-Qaeda violence and had taken note of Syria's
arrest of some 1,200 al-Qaeda affiliates in the last several
years. Given the two countries' shared interests in seeing a
secure and stable Iraq, Feltman urged the SARG to do more to
help increase security along its borders with Iraq and to
help reduce the number of attacks in Iraq by foreign fighters
who enter Iraqi territory through Syria.
victim of al-Qaeda violence and had taken note of Syria's
arrest of some 1,200 al-Qaeda affiliates in the last several
years. Given the two countries' shared interests in seeing a
secure and stable Iraq, Feltman urged the SARG to do more to
help increase security along its borders with Iraq and to
help reduce the number of attacks in Iraq by foreign fighters
who enter Iraqi territory through Syria.
