Posted on 10/26/2008 5:38:02 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The US airborne raid into Syrian territory marks the culmination of years of frustration with Damascuss reluctance to police its own border with Iraq, the main point of entry for foreign jihadists.
Since the 2003 invasion, Syria, fearing that it could be the next target for regime change, has allowed Islamic militants to cross its desert borders freely. Significantly, the village of al-Sukkari farm, which US forces raided, is just over the border from the Iraqi city of al-Qaim, which, since 2003, has been a key funnelling point for jihadists entering Iraq on the so-called rat run to the Sunni cities of Ramadi, Fallujah and, finally, Baghdad.
But a raid into sovereign territory would have needed high-level US clearance and may have been intended as a warning to Syria at a time when America and Israel are trying to turn the regime of President Assad away from Iran and into peace talks.
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Some are pretty big and may require a couple of hundred pounds to do the trick. We want to make sure that the future farmers can handle the stuff safely, by remote control!
The Syrians are praying 5X a day for an Obama victory.
They know he’ll stop this “aggression” on day one.
Report: U.S. choppers attack targets inside Syria?
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Update: Roggio to the rescue. He thinks its plausible and that al-Masri was the likely target.
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MSNBC Video at HotAIR calls this an ESCALATION.....!!!!
See #24....MSNBC says this is an Excalation.
MSNBC says this is an Escalation....
might have been an Excavation also.
I think you’re right. To kill the bad guys, smart bombs would have been plenty.
SFs on the ground means snatch to me.
IRAQ: Commando raid on Syria raises question of timing
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No, the Bush administration is using the attack on Syria as a ploy to raise questions about Obama's international relations capabilities.
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