online.wsj.com - 10/27/2008
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SUKKARIYEH, Syria -- A U.S. counterterrorism official says U.S. special operations forces killed the head of a Syrian network that funneled foreign fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq. The raid Sunday in the village of Sukkariyeh targeted the home of Abu Ghadiyah, the nickname for the leader of ...
mcclatchydc.com - 10/28/2008
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WASHINGTON — A CIA-led raid on a compound
in eastern Syria killed an al Qaida in Iraq...
commander who oversaw the smuggling into Iraq of foreign fighters whose attacks claimed thousands of Iraqi and American lives, three U.S. officials said Monday.
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CIA led mystery Syria raid that killed terrorist leader
joshualandis.com - 10/27/2008
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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 ...
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U. S. Raid Into Syria Confirmed
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... U. S. government sources have confirmed last week’s raid into Syrian territory by American special forces against terrorist havens across the Iraqi border: A U.S. military official in Washington confirmed that special forces had conducted a raid in Syria that targeted the network of al Qaeda-linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq. The Syrian government said four U.S. military helicopters attacked a civilian building under construction shortly before sundown Sunday, killing eight people in the village of Sukkariyeh — about five miles inside the Syrian ...
US strike in Syria "decapitated" al Qaeda's facilitation network
The Long War Journal —
... The Syrian government has protested the attack, describing it as an act of "criminal and terrorist aggression" carried out by the US. The Syrian government claimed eight civilians, including women and children, were killed in the strike. But a journalist from The Associated Press who attended the funeral said that only the bodies of seven men were displayed. ...
Syria is Clearer in the Light of Day
democracyarsenal.org —
... Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem to meet with Condoleezza Rice at the UN General Assembly. Recent Syrian behavior gives every indication that they are primed for some kind of serious break-through. As of this morning, that's no longer the case: ...
The discrepancy could be immediately ignored
Mudville Gazette —
Yesterday: "The discrepancy could not immediately be explained"
[Greyhawk]
That headline is an interesting observation from within this Associated Press report: The Syrian government statement said eight people were killed, including a man and his four children and a woman. However, local officials said seven men were killed and two other people were wounded, including a woman among the injured.
Families buried loved ones Monday who they said were killed during the attack. During ...
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US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 10/27/2008 — SUKKARIYEH, Syria Families in this Syrian village on Monday buried relatives they said died in a U.S. helicopter attack. A U.S. counterterrorism official said American forces killed the head of a Syrian network that funneled fighters, weapons and ...
Syria: US conducted cross-border raid
longwarjournal.org 10/26/2008 — 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 ...
Syrian strike aimed at al Qaeda's coordinator in Syria
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 ...
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 ...
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 .
DAMASCUS, Syria ...
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 ...
More on U.S. Syria Raid
motherjones.com 10/28/2008 — Back in May, I reported that the US government was using stepped up channels to ask Syria to turn over a top alleged Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia figure, Abu Ghadiya, whose real name is Badran Turki Hishan Al Mazidih, to Iraq. A group assembled at the US ...
More on Syria Raid
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 ...
U.S. Calls Raid a Warning to Syria
washingtonpost.com 10/30/2008 — Copter-Borne Troops Targeted Key Iraqi Insurgent, Officials Say By Ann Scott Tyson and Ellen Knickmeyer Washington Post staff writers Tuesday, October 28, 2008; A01 U.S. troops in helicopters flew four miles into Syrian territory over the weekend to ...
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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