BAGHDAD, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi legislator revealed Thursday that members of the ousted president Saddam Hussein's Baath party active in six regional Arab countries are undermining Iraq's diplomatic relations with the Arab world.

    "Information presented by our security leaders said that sleeping cells of Saddam's intelligence agents and his Baath party members are active in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Kuwait, with the aim of disturbing Iraq's relations with these countries," Adel Burwari, a member of the security and defense committee in the Iraqi parliament said in a press release.

    He said that the Baathists there are using political and financial support in these countries without specifying the sources.

    Many of Saddam's loyalists are capable of using their "influence on decision-making centers in these countries and by providing fabricated information about the situation in Iraq in order to ruin Iraq's ties with these countries," Burwari said.

    He also said that "many of those Iraqi residents in the Arab countries, including some senior officials of the former regime, are wanted by the Iraqi judiciary."

    "We have a long list of those who are wanted for involving in crimes against Iraqis," he added.

    Iraq has frequently accused regional countries, particularly, Arab ones, of interfering in its internal affairs.

    Relations between Iraq and Syria has deteriorated after Baghdad alleged that Damascus is sheltering suspects linked to a massive bombing, targeting government ministries in Baghdad on Aug. 19 and claiming casualties of nearly 1,300 people. However, Damascus said it wanted evidence from Baghdad.

    On Aug. 25, Iraq recalled its ambassador to Damascus, and Syria retaliated within hours by recalling its ambassador to Baghdad.

    During the crisis with Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki also demanded Syria to hand over senior remnants of Saddam Hussein's Baath party, who allegedly plotted the deadly bombings in Baghdad and are in exile in neighboring Syria.

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