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washingtonpost.com - 10/27/2008
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader May Be in Afghanistan
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washingtonpost.com - 10/22/2008
On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for McCain
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for ...

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More US troops to Afghanistan?
csmonitor.com - 10/26/2008
More US troops to Afghanistan?
— csmonitor.com — Before sending more brave men and women there, let's question conventional wisdom. It will take more than... military might to succeed in Afghanistan. (more) More US troops to Afghanistan?

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U.S. Official: Syrian Strike Killed Al Qaeda Target
foxnews.com - 10/27/2008
U.S. Official: Syrian Strike Killed Al Qaeda Target
— foxnews.com — A U.S. strike on a network of foreign fighters in Syria killed its target, an Al Qaeda... coordinator who was wanted for sending foreign fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, a U.S. official told FOX News. (more) U.S. Official: Syrian Strike Killed Al Qaeda Target

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The Long War Journal:  Syrian strike aimed at al Qaeda's coordinator in Syria

Israel Matzav:  Video: US helicopter strike in Syrian territory

Israpundit:  US Special Forces Syria ops: Was it a possible al Qaeda leader ‘Snatch’?

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Syrian strike aimed at al Qaeda's coordinator in Syria
The Long War Journal — ... US special operations hunter-killer teams entered Syria in an attempt to capture Abu Ghadiya, a senior al Qaeda leader who has been in charge of the Syrian network since 2005. US intelligence analysts identified Ghadiya as the leader of the Syrian network, The Washington Post reported in July. Ghadiya was identified as a “major target” by the US military in February 2008. ...

Video: US helicopter strike in Syrian territory
Israel Matzav — Video: US helicopter strike in Syrian territory Here's video footage of Sunday's US helicopter strike in Syria from a Syrian news station (translation by MEMRI). Let's go to the videotape. Hot Air reported Sunday night that the target of the strike - which was apparently at a group of mercenaries trying to flee from Iraq over the border into Syria - was Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri . The only two people I can think of who might justify an operation in Syria are al-Masri, the leader of AQI, and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , who’s long been rumored to be hiding out there. Roggio will have other guesses, certainly. A snatch and grab operation of some high-ranking insurgent ...

US Special Forces Syria ops: Was it a possible al Qaeda leader ‘Snatch’?
Israpundit — by Jerry Gordon, The Iconoclast, October 27, 2008 When the AP news flashed last night on the US Special Forces cross border attack into Syria from Iraq, I had posted this on Israpundit: “Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem accused the United States earlier this year of not giving his country the equipment needed to prevent foreign fighters from crossing into Iraq. He said Washington feared Syria could use such equipment against Israel”. N.B. This US Special Forces attack inside Syria was heliborne and did not use armed Predator UAVs as was the case in the March, 2008 Sadr City battle. Could it be that intelligence was obtained on CBW WMD ...

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