The United States President George W Bush has warned Syria against providing Baath Party members or Saddam Hussein's family a safe haven on its soil.
"Syria just needs to know we expect full cooperation. If they [Saddam backers] are in their country, we expect the Syrian authorities to turn them over to the proper folks," Bush said after visiting the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre
and National Naval Medical Centre.
Visibly buoyed by the victories in Iraq, he said: "The priority of this campaign is to rid the Iraqi people of
any vestiges of Saddam Hussein and his regime so we can not only free the people, but clear that country of weapons of mass destruction.