Posted on 10/28/2005 2:32:12 PM PDT by SmithL
AL-HERI, Syria -- A Syrian general told reporters touring the border with Iraq on Friday that U.S. forces fired across the frontier five months ago and killed a Syrian soldier during an American military operation.
The Syrians organized the rare tour along the 370-mile border in an apparent attempt to mute U.S. and Iraqi criticism that Damascus had done too little to stop foreign fighters from slipping into Iraq to join the insurgency — a charge Damascus has denied.
At the Pentagon, Army Lt. Col. Barry Venable did not comment on the allegation that a Syrian soldier was killed by U.S. forces in May, but said "the Syrian border with Iraq has been troublesome for some time."
The United States "will use all the elements of national power to stop al-Qaida from planning and conducting attacks on the United States or U.S. forces around the world," Venable said.
The Syrian officer, who was dressed in plainclothes and identified himself only as Brig. Gen. Amin, said the Syrian soldier was killed and two others were wounded near a machine gun emplacement on the roof of a border police station on the Syrian side of the village of Baghouz, which is split by a fence separating Syria and Iraq.
He said the shooting occurred while American forces were conducting a military operation on the Iraqi side of the fence.
The general said he did not know of any American soldiers having strayed into Syria during the war in Iraq. However, he said there have been instances of terrorists moving into Syria from Iraq to set up cells in his country.
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I guess that general's going to get a Code Red, huh?
1 down, several hundred thousand to go.
Good shot!
Couldn't have been US troops. We would have killed 10 at the very least.
Fresh out of pity here. too bad.
It's called target practice, and ya ain't seen nuthin' yet!
"OOOPS! Duh, was that a Syrian? Uh, my bad. Let's have a redo!"
If we can't build a wall along our own southern border, can't we at least do it in Iraq?
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
It's a start but let's ramp up the numbers!
About time. Keep up the good work, boys.
Too bad it was not Assad on the border then...
Drive to Damascus, then south through Lebanon to a dandy spot in Israel, a fine site to settle matters once and for all, something like
`Lord of the Rings', a place just made for an Abrams to work:
Meggiddo
http://biblemagazine.com/magazine/vol-9/issue-1/armag.html
(It's stuff like this that keeps the Dums buzzing)
It's a start.
And the problem is?
You are githt, the thousands of Iraqui citizens. And why isn't Iraq eager to knock snot out of Syria?
It's Miller time!
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