Iraqi shield forces seized 200 explosive belts along the Syrian border Wednesday, according to that AP essay, showing (yet again) that Syria isn’t doing sufficient to stop the flow of fighters and weapons to Iraq. Syria insists it is trying to stop the flow but that it

is impossible to seal off the faraway desert border. U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner claims that 60 to 80 foreign fighters enter Iraq “in any given month” — 70% of them through Syria. When will Washington strengthen

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