Iraq Says Rebels in Syria Control Border Posts

Source: NYT

BAGHDAD – Iraqi government officials said Thursday evening that Syrian rebels had wrested control of all four border checkpoints between Iraq and Syria, and that additional Iraqi forces were being sent to the border.

One top government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the border crossings, in Anbar and Nineveh Provinces, were closed and that Iraqi border forces had witnessed the executions of several Syrian army soldiers at the hands of the Free Syrian Army rebels and the raising of the rebels’ flag.

The acting minister of interior, Adnan al-Assadi, was quoted by Agence France-Presse as saying that Iraqi forces had witnessed the executions of 22 Syrian soldiers. Mr. Assadi could not immediately be reached to confirm that account.

In an interview on local television Thursday evening, Col. Dhia al-Wakil, a spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command, said: “We have sent troops to our border with Syria just in case. We will not accept either the Syrian army or the Free Syrian Army to enter our territory.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/world/middleeast/syria-border-with-iraq.html

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Iraq Says Rebels in Syria Control Border Posts (Original post)	maddezmom	Jul 2012	OP
We'll probably not hear another word about this atrocity. Or, any of the others carried out by FSA	leveymg	Jul 2012	#1
Indeed, the US is busy attacking the Syrian gov't as the opposition goes on IED, assasination spree.	David__77	Jul 2012	#2
Your sympathies are with the dictator.	geek tragedy	Jul 2012	#6
That's utter nonsense.	David__77	Jul 2012	#7
You said that you "wouldn't blame them one bit"	geek tragedy	Jul 2012	#9
"Anti-dictatorship forces?" lol... rich...	David__77	Jul 2012	#11
Obama admin is using diplomatic pressure.	geek tragedy	Jul 2012	#12
I support the Obama administration policy of non-intervention.	David__77	Jul 2012	#13
I never, ever once supported the use of chemical weapons against anyone, anywhere. Nor are my	leveymg	Jul 2012	#14
Learn how to read a thread and you'll be much less offended. n/t	armodem08	Jul 2012	#22
Solidarity with the people of Syria?	Daniel537	Jul 2012	#16
Yes, solidarity indeed...	David__77	Jul 2012	#20
Killing 22 of Assad's thugs is an "atrocity"?	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#3
Thugs? How do you know that?	architect359	Jul 2012	#4
It is a war crime	Harmony Blue	Jul 2012	#5
To the supporters of anti-American dictatorships it is.	Daniel537	Jul 2012	#17
You're okay with murdering prisoners. International law isn't.	Comrade Grumpy	Jul 2012	#18
We don't know the exact circumstances of what happened here	Daniel537	Jul 2012	#19
This subthread is about the execution of the soldiers at the border.	Comrade Grumpy	Jul 2012	#21
your heros cut off arms & legs of the victims, then executed the prisoners in front of the Iraqis..	Alamuti Lotus	Jul 2012	#24
And so the great western con continues	fingrinn	Jul 2012	#8
Willful blindness is no excuse for ignorant apologism for a mass murdering	geek tragedy	Jul 2012	#10
Don't let that one, above, provoke you into a rules violation. Welcome to DU.	leveymg	Jul 2012	#15
LOL. That's the first time I've heard the no-civilian-casualties claim so far at least. (nt)	Posteritatis	Jul 2012	#23
There are many kool ade spins out there	may3rd	Jul 2012	#25

Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:09 PM

leveymg (26,306 posts)

1. We'll probably not hear another word about this atrocity. Or, any of the others carried out by FSA

Reporting on Syria is strictly on a "need to know" basis by the US State Department as told to the corporate media.

Iraq Says Rebels in Syria Control Border Posts

1. We'll probably not hear another word about this atrocity. Or, any of the others carried out by FSA

2. Indeed, the US is busy attacking the Syrian gov't as the opposition goes on IED, assasination spree.

6. Your sympathies are with the dictator.

7. That's utter nonsense.

9. You said that you "wouldn't blame them one bit"

11. "Anti-dictatorship forces?" lol... rich...

12. Obama admin is using diplomatic pressure.

13. I support the Obama administration policy of non-intervention.

14. I never, ever once supported the use of chemical weapons against anyone, anywhere. Nor are my

22. Learn how to read a thread and you'll be much less offended. n/t

16. Solidarity with the people of Syria?

20. Yes, solidarity indeed...

3. Killing 22 of Assad's thugs is an "atrocity"?

4. Thugs? How do you know that?

5. It is a war crime

17. To the supporters of anti-American dictatorships it is.

18. You're okay with murdering prisoners. International law isn't.

19. We don't know the exact circumstances of what happened here

21. This subthread is about the execution of the soldiers at the border.

24. your heros cut off arms & legs of the victims, then executed the prisoners in front of the Iraqis..

8. And so the great western con continues

10. Willful blindness is no excuse for ignorant apologism for a mass murdering

15. Don't let that one, above, provoke you into a rules violation. Welcome to DU.

23. LOL. That's the first time I've heard the no-civilian-casualties claim so far at least. (nt)

25. There are many kool ade spins out there