Baghdad has repeatedly accused the Assad regime of allowing Iraqi funds to be channeled to insurgents, and recently notified the Syrians that the photograph of a senior Syrian intelligence official taken with an Islamist combatant was found on the latter’s body in Falluja. As a legitimate Iraqi authority emerges following the elections, the Syrians will have to show foresight in jettisoning their pro-Saddam acquaintances.
叙利亚被怀疑支持伊拉克复兴党流亡份子可能会破坏与伊拉克新政府之间的关系。巴格达不断指责阿萨德政权纵容伊拉克资金流向叛乱份子，不久前还通报叙利亚在费卢杰被击毙的伊斯兰武装份子身上发现了他与高级叙利亚情报官员的合影。作为选举产生的伊拉克合法政府，叙利亚应该表现出应有的远见，放弃对萨达姆政权的留恋。