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Senator Lieberman Will propose legislation to ban Damascus Airport. Here is the World Tribune<\/a> article sent by t-desco (Thanks).<\/p>\n

Damascus airport called Al Qaida hub<\/em><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent Senator from Connecticut, has been recruiting support for legislation that would sanction Damascus International Airport.<\/p>\n

Lieberman said the airport has become the major conduit for Al Qaida fighters to Iraq as well as Iranian weapons shipments to Lebanon. He based his assertion on briefings from the U.S. military.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Bush administration released an unclassified version of a national intelligence estimate that supported Lieberman’s allegations against Syria. But the report said Damascus, despite its increase in support for militias in Iraq, has cracked down on Al Qaida in wake of a determination that the Islamic movement threatens Syrian national security.<\/p>\n

Lieberman said U.S. intelligence has determined that the lion’s share of Sunni volunteers fly into Damascus International Airport and then proceed overland to Iraq. He said this makes Damascus the hub of Al Qaida travel in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Congressional sources said House and Senate members were discussing sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The sources said Congress has been briefed by U.S. military commanders who said Syria continues to serve as the main conduit for volunteers for the Sunni insurgency in neighboring Iraq.<\/p>\n

“There is a feeling that something has to be done,” a senior congressional staffer said.<\/p>\n

Officials said about 80 volunteers per month have been processed and trained in Syria before being sent to strike Shi’ite and U.S.-led coalition targets in Iraq. They said most of the volunteers, who meet their handlers in Syria, were assigned suicide bombing missions in Iraq.
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The proposed legislation, expected to be introduced in Congress in September, would ban Damascus International Airport to international carriers. The sources said the sanctions could affect the U.S. activities of airlines that violate the proposed sanctions.<\/p>\n

Alitalia, Air France and British Airways conduct regular flights to Damascus. U.S. carriers do not fly to Syria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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