Syria "Exporting Al-Qaeda"

Prominent Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt lashed out at Damascus on Sunday, saying he "feared the current Syrian regime is trying to turn Lebanon into another Iraq by exporting al-Qaeda fighters into the country."

Syrian President Bashar Assad had warned that some members of al-Qaeda "have been fleeing Syria toward Lebanon."

Jumblatt said: "When Assad spoke of Syria pursuing al-Qaeda members, leading them to flee toward Lebanon, this reminded me of what is going on in Iraq, and the al-Qaeda members fleeing Syria toward Iraq and killing Iraqis and causing chaos."