(Christian Science Monitor) When U.S. troops stormed the rebel-held city of Fallujah last month, several captured insurgents were found with photos of senior Syrian officials, confirming that some elements in the Syrian regime are involved in Iraq's bloody insurgency. According to Hassan Allawi, Iraq's new ambassador to Damascus, "There is an Iraqi Baathist invasion of Syria. It's overwhelming.... They stole gold and robbed banks and came here. They have enough funds to keep fighting for 30 years." Many Iraqi exiles say that Syria is being unfairly singled out for criticism when there are many more Iraqi Baathists, including senior figures, living in Jordan.
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