Myers: Syria Needs to Secure Iraq Border

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WASHINGTON - Syria needs to do more to stop foreign fighters from crossing into Iraq (news - web sites), the top U.S. military officer said Sunday after a border ambush left five Marines dead.

Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the stability not only of Syria and Iraq, but also of the entire region is at stake.

"We know that the pathway into Iraq for many foreign fighters is through Syria. It's a fact. We know it. The Syrians know it," Myers told CNN's "Late Edition."

The U.S. effort to organize an international troop presence in Iraq suffered a setback when the new Spanish prime minister, fulfilling a campaign pledge, said he would withdraw the 1,300-member Spanish contingent in Iraq as soon as possible
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