US President George W. Bush urged Syria to step up controls of its border with Iraq to stop insurgents from entering the strife-torn country. Bush also called on Damascus to stop meddling in neighboring Lebanon, to cooperate with a UN investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, and to stop letting “terrorist” groups meet in Syria. “Our message to (Syrian President) Bashar Assad is that we expect — if they want to be a welcomed country into the world, that they have got to free Lebanon, shut down cross-border infiltration, and stop allowing Hezbollah, PIJ (Palestine Islamic Jihad) and other terrorist groups to meet inside the country,” Bush told the Freedom House, an independent pro-democracy group. Full Story
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