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Iraq denies it allows weapons smuggling to Syria

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Iraq's prime minister says his country is doing all it can to prevent anyone from supplying weapons to Syria through Iraqi territory.

 

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says Iraqi troops are deployed near the Syrian border to stop any weapons smuggling and there's "absolute ban" on letting any Syria-bound plane suspected of carrying weapons into Iraq's airspace. (AP)

 

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