littlegreenfootballs.com - 10/26/2008
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World | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:38:22 pm PST The US military is fed up with Syria s open support of Iraqi jihadis, and today they sent helicopters into Syrian territory in a strike targeting a family that has been helping the jihadis get across the border: Syria: US choppers attack village near ...
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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IT'S ABOUT TIME: CROSS-BORDER RAID INTO SYRIA
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... moving through Syria into Iraq. The Americans have been unable to shut the network down in the area because Syria was out of the military's reach. "We are taking matters into our own hands," the official told The Associated Press in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of cross-border raids. God Bless our troops, and God Bless America! (Hat tip: LGF.)
Good News For Surrendercrats... Bush Starts War With Syria
Gateway Pundit —
Warmonger Bushitlerburton bombed Syria today. He was about 5 years late and a 500 pound bomb short-- but it was still good news. Democrats ought to be happy, too. With the Iraq War won they now have another opportunity to surrender. Map locating an attack in Syria's Abu Kamal region, near the border with Iraq. American helicopter-borne troops launched an assault on Sunday on a building in a Syrian border village with Iraq, killing eight civilians, official ...
Syrian strike
Yourish.com —
... eight people, seems to fit into a broader pattern of the Bush administration initiating cross boarder attacks into countries that it is not officially at war with. The recent attacks in Northwest Pakistan are a case in point.
The Bush warmonger meme, which we will now doubt see quite a bit in the MSM in the coming days. The idea, as Bill Roggio wrote that there was likely as specific target, will get little attention.
Mere Rhetoric, Meryl and LGF have previously blogged this.
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