Syria Threatens Dissidents Internationally, Including The U.S.

Syria Threatens Dissidents Around Globe, U.S. Says -- Wall Street Journal

Syria is taking its war against President Bashar al-Assad's political opponents global, using diplomats in Washington, London and elsewhere to track and intimidate expatriates who speak out against the Damascus regime, according to Syrian dissidents and U.S. officials.

Syrian embassy staffers are tracking and photographing antiregime protesters and sending reports back home, Syrian activists and U.S. officials say. Syrian diplomats, including the ambassador to the U.S., have fanned out to Arab diaspora communities to brand dissidents "traitors" and warn them against conspiring with "Zionists."

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Update #1: FBI probes threats against Syrians in US: dissidents -- AFP
Update #2: Obama tolerates terror operations run out of Syria’s embassy -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

My Comment: I am not surprised that Syrian officials are intimidating dissidents abroad, what I am surprised about is that the U.S. government appears to be turning a blind-eye to this intimidation.