The insurgents -- many former officers of the dissolved Iraqi army -- confessed to several crimes, including the kidnappings and killings of Iraqis working as translators with the U.S. forces. They also admitted to bombing attacks against multinational troops in the city of Mosul, north of Iraq. They said they were trained in Latakia, Syria, by Syrian intelligence officers.The televised confessions have been going on for three days and are bound to cause a crisis in relations between Iraq and neighboring Syria. Iraqi authorities have so far accused Damascus of allowing hostile gunmen to cross the border into Iraq to fight multi-national troops. The insurgents said they executed dozens of Iraqis in return for monthly salaries from the Syrian intelligence ranging between $500 and $1,500.
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