news.bbc.co.uk - 10/26/2008
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US helicopter-borne troops have carried out a raid inside Syria along the Iraqi border, killing eight people including a woman, Syrian authorities say. The official Syrian news agency Sana said the raid took place in the Abu Kamal border area, in eastern Syria. It said that American soldiers on ...
longwarjournal.org - 10/26/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
Syrian officials claim the US military conducted a
cross-border raid into Syria from Iraqi territory. The raid...
was reportedly carried out in the town of Sukkariya near Abu Kamal in eastern Syria. According to witnesses, four US helicopters crossed ...
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Syria: US conducted cross-border raid
longwarjournal.org - 10/26/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
The US military incursion into Syria was aimed
at the senior leader of al Qaeda's extensive network...
that funnels foreign fighters, weapons, and cash from Syria into Iraq, a senior intelligence official told The Long War Journal . US special ...
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Syrian strike aimed at al Qaeda's coordinator in Syria
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Report: U.S. choppers attack targets inside Syria?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... seven corpses and four wounded had been delivered to a nearby clinic after the attack. The eyewitness accounts said that four helicopters were involved in the operation, with two of the helicopters landing in the town and eight American soldiers disembarking. The eyewitnesses said that the seven killed men were supposedly construction workers. Afterwards, the US helicopters then left Syrian airspace with all the soldiers again on board. A U.S. spokesman in Baghdad says the military’s investigating . JPost notes that the site of the attack is near the Iraqi border city of ...
Instahoglets October 26th 08
Newshoggers.com —
... , killing 9 civilians and wounding 14, in a possible sign that cross-border strikes based on crappy intel aren't just for Afghanistan. If true, it's technically an act of war unless the US military claim "hot pursuit" of militants, which might be difficult to do if no militants were there. One worth watching. ...
Syria claims US troops conduct raid inside Syria
Jihad Watch —
"Syria condemns this aggressive act and holds American forces responsible for this aggression and all of its repercussions." A "developing situation."
"'US troops' strike inside Syria," from the BBC, October 26 (thanks to Paul):
US helicopter-borne troops have carried out a raid inside Syria along the Iraqi border, killing eight people including four children, Syrian officials say.
The official Syrian news agency Sana said the raid took place in the Abu Kamal border area, in eastern Syria.
It said that American soldiers on ...
U.S. Air Strike into Syria
Blue Star Chronicles —
... Syria, of course, is denouncing the attack and the media makes sure to point out, right at the top, that villagers are reporting we killed children. They always report that and its rarely true. ...
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