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Iraqi PM to Discuss Insurgent Infiltrations with Syria
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Ibrahim al-Jaafari says he will send delegation to Syria to seek help
in stopping infiltration by insurgents crossing from Syria into Iraq





Iraq PM Ibrahim al-JaafariIraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari says
he will send a delegation to Syria soon to seek help in stopping what
he said is infiltration by insurgents crossing from Syria into Iraq.

Syria has repeatedly denied charges it is helping the insurgents and
says it is cooperating with Baghdad and Washington to stop such
infiltrations.

Earlier Friday, Mr. al-Jaafari, who is visiting Ankara, met with
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two leaders were
expected to discuss security and economic issues.

Meanwhile, in Iraq, Sunni clerics called for mosques to close for
three days to protest what they say are the killings of Sunni
preachers by Shi'ite militia members.

And in southern Iraq, radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called
thousands to protest the U.S.-led occupation.  Protesters painted
American and Israeli flags on the ground and stomped on them as they
entered mosques.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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