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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070219-102043-1711r.htm
Syria's Terror Networks
[Washington Times] Farid N. Ghadry - The Syrian regime is just as complicit as Iran in moving forward hostile activities specifically designed to kill Americans. Regional intelligence services and inside sources from within the Sunni officer corps opposed to the Assad regime have identified major foreign-fighter training camps in northern Syria and just outside Damascus overseen by Syrian Military Intelligence and run by former Iraqi Ba'athist generals and senior Saddam Fedayeen commanders. One major foreign fighter camp exists in Latakia province in northern Syria, where the Iraqi officer in charge is Maj. Gen. Majid Sulayman. Another such camp exists 40 km. west of Qamishli, run by Maj. Gen. Qays al-Adhami. The al-Shaybani camp 30 km. south of Damascus also trains foreign fighters. Arab papers report that the recent movement of large numbers of al-Qaeda in Iraq fighters from Syria into Palestinian refugee camps in northern Lebanon and Beirut are sounding alarm bells that the Syrian security services are preparing to use these heavily armed and well-funded cells to launch attacks against the anti-Syrian democratic government of Lebanon. The Syrian regime is not merely dabbling in terror sponsorship, but is making a concerted and strategic effort to inflict the maximum punishment upon the U.S. and its allies. The writer is president of the Reform Party of Syria.