Syria: U.S. Missile Hits Passenger Bus

AP | Sunday, March 23, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Syria: U.S. Missile Hits Passenger Bus

.c The Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A U.S. missile hit a passenger bus carrying Syrian civilians fleeing the war in Iraq, killing five and injuring 10, Syria's official news agency reported Monday.

The agency reported that the air-to-surface missile hit the bus Sunday morning in Iraq close to the Syrian border.

A U.S. Central Command spokeswoman had no information on the report. She said, however, that U.S. forces do not target civilians and that their targeting is done very carefully, using precision-guided missiles against select military targets.

The Syrian agency said the wounded were taken to a Syrian hospital on the Syrian-Iraqi border, while the dead were sent to a hospital on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, where officials said relatives have retrieved the bodies.

Syria, which strongly opposes the U.S.-led war on Iraq, has repeatedly called for a peaceful solution of the Iraq-U.S. dispute over Baghdad's weapons arsenal.

[JohnHuang2]

Sunday, March 23, 2003

Quote of the Day by Erasmus

[UncleSamUSA]

Why are we supposed to believe the Syrian press -- which is tool of a terrorist state according to our own namby-pamby State Dept -- that there were "civilians" on that bus?

Maybe they were Syrian military, or terrorists or not even Syrians at all?

And who cares if Syrians get killed anyway?

[CatoRenasci]

If it was in Iraq, moving and not known to be friendly, I guess it was a legitimate target. So sorry, Syria. Next time try communicating with us effectively before the problem occurs.