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Bolton Says Iran, Syria Failing to Stop Militants

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August 05, 2005|From Times Wire Reports

John R. Bolton, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, accused Syria and Iran of not doing enough to stop foreigners from joining the insurgency in Iraq.

Bolton and British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, speaking after a Security Council vote, said Iran and Syria could and should do more to keep terrorists from crossing their borders.


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Syrian Ambassador Fayssal Mekdad said his country had stopped thousands of suspected terrorists.

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