pajamasmedia.com - 10/27/2008
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Syria has played a dangerous game in Iraq with few consequences — until yesterday's U.S. Special Forces 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
breitbart.com - 10/26/2008
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - U.S. military helicopters launched
an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close...
to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression." A U.S. ...
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US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria
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Bloody Border, Messy Politics
Michael Yon - Online Magazine —
... when the Tunisians were captured in 2005, resulting in hand-to-hand combat that did not go well for the Tunisians. The owner of the safe house was captured with a diary listing dates and effects for years of attacks; that diary actually matched up perfectly with SIGACT reports of the same incidents. The Tunisians were captured with all sorts of documentation, as I recall, that chronicled their long journey by all modes of transport to get through to Syria and across into Mosul. Read article {loadposition user8}
Iraq’s Hypocrisy
PoliGazette —
... Michael Yon explains for Pajamas Media why the United States felt forced to act against a building inside Syria this weekend. ...
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longwarjournal.org 10/26/2008 — Syrian officials claim the US military conducted a cross-border raid into Syria from Iraqi territory.
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Bloody Border, Messy Politics
michaelyon-online.com 10/27/2008 — 27 October 2008 Yesterday, U.S. special operations forces struck positions across the Syrian-Iraq order, inside of Syria, apparently killing nine people, most of whom were non-Syrian Arab fighters on their way into Iraq. Of course there is a great ...
Would McCain Negotiate With Syria?
newshoggers.com 11/2/2008 — By Cernig
Check out this very interesting interview with the Syrian ambassador Imad Moustapha at Foreign Policy magazine.
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Breaking: US Attacks Syria in Cross-Border Raid
littlegreenfootballs.com 10/26/2008 — 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 Iraq border .
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Breaking: US Attacks Syria in Cross-Border Raid
littlegreenfootballs.com 10/26/2008 — 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 ...
US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 10/27/2008 — DAMASCUS, Syria U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq , killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression." A U.S. military ...
McCain's Irresponsible Syria Response
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 ...
US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 10/26/2008 — DAMASCUS, Syria U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq , killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression." A U.S. military ...
U.S. Attack in Syria?
mudvillegazette.com 10/27/2008 — Reports: A US Special Forces attack in Syria "targeted the network of al Qaeda-linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq"
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An Iraqi Accord and a New U.S. President —
Wash Post Federal Page 10/27/2008
The status-of-forces agreement that would govern conduct of the U.S. military and its contractors in Iraq beyond 2008 would apparently tie the hands of the next U.S. president in some respects if it was ratified by the Iraqis before Jan. 20.
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