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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57O4EQ20090825
Iraq Accuses Syria of Harboring Baghdad Bombing Masterminds
[Reuters] Mohammed Abbas - Iraq and Syria recalled their ambassadors on Tuesday after Baghdad demanded Damascus hand over two people it says masterminded bombings in the Iraqi capital last week which killed almost 100 people. Iraq's government has blamed supporters of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party for massive truck bombs and other attacks last Wednesday, and says it has already captured some suspects responsible. In a tape aired on Sunday, one man captured said he acted under orders from a man in Syria called Sattam Farhan, a member of a wing of the Baath party headed by Mohammad Younis al-Ahmed. "The cabinet requests (that Syria) hand over Mohammad Younis al-Ahmed and Sattam Farhan for their direct role in Wednesday's terrorist act," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said. Dabbagh said the Foreign Ministry would ask Syria "to banish the terrorist organizations that use Syria as a base from which to carry out terrorist acts against the Iraqi nation."