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US forces kill eight in helicopter raid on Syria
guardian ^ | Monday October 27 2008 | Ian Black,

Posted on 10/26/2008 10:29:20 PM PDT by Soliton

American helicopters flying from Iraq landed inside Syria yesterday and dropped special forces who killed eight people, the Damascus government said last night, as Washington admitted it had targeted "foreign fighters."

Syria warned that it held the US "wholly responsible for this act of aggression and all its repercussions".

It described the dead as Syrian civilians, five of them members of the same family. Syrian state television reported that the attack was against a farm near Abu Kamal, five miles from the Iraqi border. Doctors in nearby al-Sukkariya said another seven people were taken to hospital with bullet wounds.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abukamal; alqaim; specialforces; syria
If true, they had to be REALLY important!
1 posted on 10/26/2008 10:29:20 PM PDT by Soliton
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To: Soliton

576 more busy virgins, 8 more lonely goats.


2 posted on 10/26/2008 10:30:33 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Soliton
a farm near Abu Kamal

As I noted earlier, I wouldn't be surprised to find that the next Democrat presidential nominee is named Abu Kamal.

3 posted on 10/26/2008 10:34:06 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Republicans spread freedom and democracy. Democrats spread sexually transmitted diseases.)
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To: Soliton
SHHHHHHHH!!!Don't let Achmed know...
Achmed the Dead Terrorist
4 posted on 10/26/2008 10:37:20 PM PDT by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism)
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To: Soliton

Take the evidance back next time.


5 posted on 10/26/2008 10:38:19 PM PDT by Domangart (editor and publisher)
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To: Domangart
Take the evidance back next time.

I'm sure that they went in for evidence. They would have used missiles from drones otherwise. The only reason to go in would be to collect evidence. The article says the town was surrounded by Syrian troops. What were they protecting? UBL? WMD? The army found 5 chemical warheads a few days back.

6 posted on 10/26/2008 10:46:51 PM PDT by Soliton (Faith is an act of love; Love is an act of faith)
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To: Soliton

The worthless MARXIST (they really hate that name) blogs are squealing October surprise for McCain.


7 posted on 10/26/2008 10:51:26 PM PDT by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism)
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To: Soliton
Syria warned that it held the US "wholly responsible for this act of aggression and all its repercussions".

So?

8 posted on 10/26/2008 10:54:48 PM PDT by onedoug ( Barracuda!)
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To: Soliton

Git r done.


9 posted on 10/26/2008 10:55:17 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Fred

As if the economy weren’t enough.


10 posted on 10/26/2008 10:56:17 PM PDT by onedoug ( Barracuda!)
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To: Fred
The worthless MARXIST (they really hate that name) blogs are squealing October surprise for McCain.

No way! Do you think a picture of a dead Osama holding a nuclear suitcase bomb would have any effect? :)

11 posted on 10/26/2008 10:57:45 PM PDT by Soliton (Faith is an act of love; Love is an act of faith)
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To: Soliton
From article: Intriguingly, Farhan al-Mahalawi, mayor of the nearby Iraqi border town of Qaim, told the Reuters news agency that the targeted village had been surrounded by Syrian troops.

From AmericanThinker today:

This comes shortly after the reported meeting with Syrian officials by "former" (and probable future) Obama foreign policy advisor Robert Malley.

More:

October 25, 2008
'Former' Obama Advisor Meets with Syrians
Ed Lasky
The International Crisis Group (ICG) is a George Soros controlled "think-tank" that gave him a Founders Award. He is on the board as are Samantha Power and Zbigniew Brzezinski. We have wrtten about these two figures in the past at American Thinker. Power has said on separate occasions that she will serve in an Obama Administration. There is a host of bad "apples" that are connected to the ICG.

---end snip

The meeting took place October 16, 2008.

13 posted on 10/27/2008 2:39:02 AM PDT by Alia
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To: Robe

Bump


14 posted on 10/27/2008 4:45:09 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Soliton
"Doctors in nearby al-Sukkariya said another seven people were taken to hospital with bullet wounds."

Not buying it. If a joint SEAL/Delta Force team did this there would be no survivors in this type of raid. The object is to kill all involved since there is no report they took any prisoners it clearly was a cleaning operation. The other possibility is that the causalities were faked OR were hit by their own spray and pray idiots.

15 posted on 10/27/2008 4:51:41 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit.)
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