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obsidianwings.blogs.com - 10/31/2008
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Tell Me Where their Bombs Will Fall
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by Eric Martin For those looking to probe the possible motives behind Sunday's coordinated airstrikes and special forces incursions into Syria, the always informative Daniel Levy surveys a sampling of the most prominent theories, as well as the likely costs.  Meanwhile, Eli Lake , in ...
Twilight Struggle
tnr.com - 10/28/2008
Twilight Struggle
— tnr.com — On Sunday, U.S. helicopters accompanied by a special forces team struck in Sukkariyeh, Syria, just over the... border from Iraq. It was a raid with enormous implications for the war in Iraq and the broader war on terror. The target of the raid was a man ... (more) Twilight Struggle

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Iran threatens US with suicide bombers | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 10/30/2008
Iran threatens US with suicide bombers | Iran news | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — Only a few days ahead of the American presidential election, Iranian parliamentary speaker 'Ali Larijani and Supreme... Leader Ayatollah 'Ali Khamanai have launched harsh verbal attacks against the United States. Referring to the US army's attacks in ... (more) Iran threatens US with suicide bombers | Iran news | ...

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Officials Say U.S. Killed an Iraqi in Raid in Syria
nytimes.com - 10/28/2008
Officials Say U.S. Killed an Iraqi in Raid in Syria
— nytimes.com — The operation appeared to reflect an effort by the Bush administration to find a way to attack... militants even beyond the borders of Iraq and Afghanistan. > (more) Officials Say U.S. Killed an Iraqi in Raid in Syria

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Petraeus and Syria
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... Petraeus' efforts in Iraq have involved alternation between talks and the use of force. And as Eric wrote, airstrikes don't preclude negotiations. Long story short, I'm not convinced that the airstrike and the negotiation stories are connected in the way that's being suggested here. It's not necessarily true that the airstrike represents a rejection by the administration of the diplomatic option that Petraeus apparently wants to pursue. I'm quite willing to believe that the administration and Petraeus disagree about the value of engaging Syria, but the airstrike doesn't ...

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prospect.org 10/29/2008 — IF PAKISTAN, WHY NOT SYRIA? Eli Lake hits on the key point regarding the political fallout of the strike inside Syria's border: The big mystery now is whether the next administration will dismantle this policy or permit Petraeus to follow it to ...
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democracyarsenal.org 10/29/2008 — So how does the McCain campaign respond to sporadic news reports that U.S. special forces carried out an attack in Syrian territory?  Well a responsible campaign (i.e. the Obama campaign) would follow the White House's lead and offer no comment ...
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thenation.com 10/30/2008 — Robert Dreyfuss First, Pakistan, now Syria: Bush claims the right to cross borders in 'hot pursuit' of any perceived US enemy. Is Iran next?
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newshoggers.com 11/2/2008 — By Cernig Check out this very interesting interview with the Syrian ambassador Imad Moustapha at Foreign Policy magazine. He says clearly that the US raid into Syria was a "criminal, terrorist act", that it was done for reasons of US politics, ...
US strike in Syria "decapitated" al Qaeda's facilitation network
longwarjournal.org 10/27/2008 — Al Qaeda leader Abu Ghadiya was killed in yesterday's strike inside Syria, a senior US military intelligence official told The Long War Journal . But US special operations forces also inflicted a major blow to al Qaeda's foreign fighter network based ...
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longwarjournal.org 10/26/2008 — 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 ...
Obama Votes Present on U.S. Attack on al Qaeda in Syria
weeklystandard.com 10/28/2008 — Noah Pollak notes the apparent contradiction between Obama's support for fighting al Qaeda in Pakistan and his silence on the U.S. cross-border attack into Syria on al Qaeda : Obama says that the United States should strike at al Qaeda in ...
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juancole.com 10/27/2008 — More on the US raid on a house in Syria: The LAT wonders if the attack will derail US-Syrian steps toward rapprochement . Syrian officials are complaining that the raid, which left 8 Syrians dead, was 'irrational' and contravened international ...
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joshualandis.com 10/27/2008 — Addendum: This report was just sent by a reader (6:30 p.m. central time, Sunday): Joshua and all, I just spoke on the phone with a doctor in ABou Kamal- He confirmed that the attack happened around sunset. The 4 helicopters came from the East of the ...
Syria asks U.N. council to prevent new U.S. attacks (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/28/2008
Reuters - Syria's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday that he has asked the U.N. Security Council to take action to prevent a repeat of a U.S. attack last weekend on Syrian territory.
Syria asks U.N. council to prevent new U.S. attacks (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/29/2008
Reuters - Syria called on the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to take action to prevent a repeat of a weekend U.S. attack on Syrian territory, and to hold the United States accountable.
Intel says Iran plans secret nuclear experiments (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/30/2008
AP - Iran has recently tested ways of recovering highly enriched uranium from waste reactor fuel in a covert bid to expand its nuclear program, according to an intelligence assessment made available to The Associated Press.
Frederick W. Kagan: Security Should Be the Deciding Issue — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 10/31/2008
The next president will face Iran's nuclear program and other growing problems.
UN chief urges Hezbollah to be political party (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/30/2008
AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants Syria and Iran to support the transformation of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group from an armed militia to a political party, a U.N. envoy said Thursday.