AS WE WITHDRAW WESTWARDS WE CAN HELP THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD REPLACE THE BA'ATH:

Breakthrough for Iraq diplomacy (STEVEN R. HURST, November 20, 2006, Chicago Sun-Times)

Syria's foreign minister called Sunday for a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces to help end Iraq's sectarian bloodbath, in a groundbreaking diplomatic mission to Iraq that comes amid increasing calls for the U.S. to seek cooperation from Syria and Iran.

Walid Moallem, the highest level Syrian official to visit since the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein, denounced terrorism in Iraq even as Washington mulled its own overture to Damascus for help in ending Iraq's violence.

Syria and Iraq share a long and porous desert border and both Baghdad and Washington have accused Damascus of not doing enough to stop the flow of foreign Arab fighters. [...]

Syria broke diplomatic ties with Iraq in 1982, accusing Iraq of inciting riots by the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.

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The Battle within Syria: An Interview with Muslim Brotherhood Leader Ali Bayanouni (Mahan Abedin, 8/11/05, Jamestown Foundation)