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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday warned Syria against providing military assistance to Iraq as well as shelter for members of Iraqi regime.
"I have accurately advised that they not provide military assistance to Iraq, but they seem to have made a conscious decision to ignore that," Rumsfeld told a Pentagon press briefing.
"Senior regime people are moving out of Iraq into Syria and Syria is continuing to send things into Iraq," he said, noting that the United States considers Syria's move as "notably unhelpful."
At the end of last month, Rumsfeld charged Syria sending military equipment, including night-vision goggles, to Iraqi forces and said the United States would hold Syria accountable for the "hostile acts."
(Xinhua News Agency April 9, 2003)
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