Iraqi UN Envoy:Syria Can Do More To Keep Terrorists From Iraq

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NEW YORK (AP)--Syria "could do more" to prevent terrorists from crossing into Iraq, an issue that will be on the agenda of an upcoming security conference in Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said.

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Speaking Thursday at New York University's Center of Global Affairs, Al Bayati said the Syrian government could play an important role in improving the security of Iraq by taking control of its border.

"Most of the terrorists, especially suicide bombers" pass through the Syrian border, he said.

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The Syrians have claimed that they need surveillance equipment, including night vision cameras, to better patrol their border with Iraq, Al Bayati told the Associated Press.

"They expected at the beginning for the Americans to give such equipment. They said that the Americans didn't give them such equipment, so they can't guard the borders," he said.

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