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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued a stern warning to Syria on Friday to stop sending military equipment to Iraqi forces, saying such shipments have included night-vision goggles.

"We consider such trafficking as hostile acts and will hold the Syrian government responsible for the incidents," Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon briefing.

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld listens to comments by Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., at the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing for supplemental budgetary requests on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, March 27, 2003. Rumsfeld asked for more funding for the Defense Department for President Bush's Iraq war supplemental package and the ongoing fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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