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...whom sought refuge in Syria after the 2003 U.S. invasion and the fall of the dictator. According to several Iraqi generals from the national police and the army, some of these die-hard Saddam loyalists have been funneling funds and fighters - both foreign and Iraqi - across the 185-mile Syrian border with Nineveh...
...said. Knowing which sites are inaccessible is merely the first step in determining restrictions to web access, Herdict coordinators said, since sites frequently go down for technical reasons. By generating data from several different countries and comparing access, Herdict can begin to isolate instances of state censorship. Recently, the Syrian government blocked access to the Arabic version of Wikipedia, said Vandana Aneja, a Herdict coordinator. By comparing access in several Arabic nations, it became clear that the malfunction was not accidental, but rather government interference with the Internet. Herdict plans to launch Arabic and Chinese-language versions...
...Clinton also said she would send envoys to Damascus for direct talks with Syrian leaders, the first since the Bush Administration broke off ties after the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, whose killing is suspected to have been linked to the Syrian intelligence services. "We don't engage in discussions for the sake of having conversations," Clinton said. "There has to be a purpose to them. There has to be some benefit accruing to the United States and our allies." Indirect talks between Israel and Syria, brokered by the Turks, ended with Israel's Gaza offensive...
...government. Syria may only get weaker as time passes: its economy is in bad shape; it has a history of problems with Islamist insurgent groups; and it faces a multiyear U.N. tribunal investigation of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri that could reach high into the Syrian government. The Syrians accuse the tribunal of being a political tool of American and Israeli interests, but it may still make them willing to cut a deal. (Read "Lebanon on Edge as Hariri Tribunal Starts...
...what it can achieve by fighting. If so, it would be betting that just as the Jewish state wound up with egg on its face after wars in Lebanon in 2006 and Gaza in 2009, Israel's political position would be further weakened by another war, even if the Syrian military is no match for Israel's in a head-to-head clash. No doubt Syrian generals have been studying Hamas' and Hizballah's tactics very carefully and watching as the snow melts in Majdal Shams...