Syria - Iraq squabble continues

Malaki continues to play the Syrian card to account for increasing levels of violence within Iraq. Truth is most of Iraq's neighbors are responsible for destabilising that country in their different ways - but Syria makes a convenient whipping boy.

Kuwait Times - 20 September, 2009
A meeting of Iraqi and Syrian officials over accusations Damascus shelters Iraqi insurgents yielded nothing and further talks were unlikely to do much better, Iraq's government said yesterday. Government spokesman Ali Al-Dabbagh said there was a lack of political will on the part of Syria.