The additional forces, from the western Anbar province, were sent to secure areas where foreign fighters are known to infiltrate Iraq, said Major General Abdel Karim Khalaf.
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The policemen are expected to be deployed around the border town of Al-Qaim, a known transit point for foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria.
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U.S. forces a week ago raided a Syrian village in an operation American commanders said targeted an Iraqi militant leader known to smuggle fighters into Iraq.
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Syria insists the eight killed were all Syrian civilians and has challenged Washington to provide evidence its forces targeted a top al Qaeda operative.
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The incursion has triggered fresh tension between Damascus and Baghdad and Syria has reportedly reduced its forces from border areas.
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Syria has long been viewed by the U.S. as a destabilizing country in the Middle East, but in recent months, Damascus has been trying to change its image and end years of global seclusion.
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The United States accusations that Syria was not doing enough to prevent foreign fighters from crossing its borders into Iraq remains a sore point in relations. Syria says it is doing all it can to safeguard its long, porous border.
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