AMMAN, Jordan -- Syrian President Bashar Assad is drawing his country back into the Western-led international fold, thanks to the French leadership, raising mixed expectations on how the Syrian rapprochement with the West will affect its "rejectionist" role and alliances with Iran and anti-Israeli movements.

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Many US Muslims told United Press International on Wednesday they believe the newest al Jazeera tape doesn't link Osama Bin Laden to Iraq, but others said Saddam Hussein has been helping the al Qaida leader since the early 1990s.