200 explosive belts seized on Syrian border

Iraqi security forces seized 200 explosive belts today along the Syrian border, a police spokesman said, reinforcing Baghdad’s claims that its western neighbour isn’t doing enough to stop the flow of fighters and weapons to al Qaida in Iraq.

The belts were found during a search of a lorry that had crossed into Iraq from Syria at the Waleed border station, Interior Ministry spokesman Maj Gen Abdul-Karim Khalaf said.