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Times of London Editorial:

While Condoleeza Rice, the US Secretary of State, has visited nations including Egypt and Saudi Arabia to urge them to embrace democratic reforms, those who are implacably opposed to such progress in Iraq and Lebanon have again shown their bloody intent. The wave of suicide bombings in Iraq is designed to complicate the political atmosphere in Baghdad and make final agreement on a constitution more difficult. That George Hawi, a prominent anti-Syrian politician, was murdered only 48 hours after a political coalition dedicated to restoring the independence of Lebanon secured a clear majority in parliament elections is not a coincidence either.

The common link is Damascus. The Iraqi Government has again appealed to President Bashir Assad of Syria to stop the flow of foreign extremists into their country by sealing the frontier. The real problem here is not, however, one of “porous borders” — it has never been possible to control hundreds of miles of open desert — but is instead one of porous politics. The Syrian regime is apparently content to allow its Lebanese allies to run riot in that country and to permit groups dedicated to destabilising Iraq to raise funds, acquire arms and then launch operations from within its own safe haven. If not state-sponsored terrorism, it is plainly state-sanctioned terrorism.

The Damascus regime could stop the terrorist at their airport much easier than they could at their border. By Turning back the terrorist when they get off the planes they could easily stop the flow of terrorist into Iraq. All they need to do in Lebanon is turn off the green light they have give to their toadies.