more fingers pointing toward syria..

from middle east news line:

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- A northern Syrian city has been deemed the launching pad for foreign fighters recruited for the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.
The Syrian city of Aleppo has become the the key departure point for Al Qaida-aligned fighters destined for Iraq. Islamic sources and U.S. officials said foreign fighters have been advised to arrive in Aleppo to ensure their entry into Iraq.
The Syrian Al Qaida-aligned website Minbar Suria al-Islami [www.nnuu.org] has called for experienced fighters to join the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. The website urged the fighters to maintain a low profile in Syria and arrive in Aleppo.
In a posting entitled "Advice to Brothers Seeking Jihad in Iraq," the website discouraged inexperienced youngsters from seeking to join the insurgency in Iraq. The posting said the Al Qaida-aligned insurgency does not have a shortage of fighters, rather requires specialists.

slowly but surely there is a case being made for action against syria. the united states will base the action on syria's inability and unwillingness to stop funding and facilitating the insurgency in iraq.. an interesting sidebar to this will be syria's response to US action against them. i think the assad government will take a similar approach to saddam in gulf war I. i think if the US attacks syria, you will see swift retaliation for that against israel. and that retaliation could possibly be chemical/biological in nature. there is still a significiant part of the intelligence community that feels iraqi wmd's made the trip to syria prior to the invasion..

regardless, if the flow of insurgents from syria does not slow, the war on terror could be headed west again.. from afghanistan to iraq to syria..