PRESSURE ON SYRIA MAY BE WORKING:

Syrian authorities have detained 137 Saudis after they attempted to cross into Iraq from Syria to take part in the anti-US insurgency there, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The would-be infiltrators are held in various Syrian prisons, said Al-Watan, which published the names of 17 of the detainees.

Via USS Neverdock, which asks: “Now, when is Bush going to start getting tough with the Saudis?”