Looks like another writer has stepped up to claim that his work was plagarised by Hollywood, this time its Stephanie Vergniault who is claiming that major parts of her screenplay she wrote several years ago has been used to make SyrianaSyriana.

From Reuters:

"I saw the film entirely by accident, and I'm still in a state of shock that someone of the calibre of Stephen Gaghan could stoop so low. At least 15 to 20 scenes of the filme -- the characters and how they develop, creative elements, the entire structure -- has been lifted directly from my script."

So she's going for 2 million euros (1.4 million pounds) damages for the alleged plagarism against her script Oversight. She says that she doesn't see any connection between the script and the book that is claimed to be the source...errmm...that strikes me as a good screenwriters job well done doesn't it?