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October 13, 2011

Syrian-U.S. Citizen Accused of Spying on Anti-Assad Protesters 
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A Syrian-born U.S. citizen has been indicted on charges of spying on
Syrian government opponents inside the United States. Mohamad Anas
Haitham Soueid is accused of acting as an agent of the Syrian
intelligence service to monitor activists within the U.S. protesting the
regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The indictment alleges
Soueid recruited others for the spying and also passed on his
intelligence to Syrian officials in Damascus and Washington, D.C. The
Syrian government has denied the claims.



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