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Source: http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:427a1d85:52492a162211e85?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8398660

Report: Syria Holding 137 Saudis Headed for Iraq

(Reuters) Syrian authorities are holding 137 Saudi nationals suspected of trying to cross into Iraq, the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan said on Thursday. The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq enraged many conservative Muslims in neighboring Saudi Arabia and militant web sites have urged Saudis to slip across the border and fight.

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