US helos attack eastern Syria

mr.bean · Post by **mr.bean** » 26 Oct 2008, 22:41

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LQ103423.htm
and...
17th ASOS transitions from ACC to AFSOC
http://www.afsoc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123118496

KevinJarvis · Post by **KevinJarvis** » 27 Oct 2008, 01:07

I don't see where it states they were US helos.

ricktk · Post by **ricktk** » 27 Oct 2008, 01:21

Agree

Report clearly states unidentified.

KevinJarvis · Post by **KevinJarvis** » 27 Oct 2008, 01:47

Not trying to dismiss the original posters thoughts, but we shouldn't assume anything. They very well could have been Syrian helo's.....

mr.bean · Post by **mr.bean** » 27 Oct 2008, 02:04

Wait... hang on... Ta Dah!!!!! SANA didn't include the US helos. Guess I didn't read carefully. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1
... reason for editing=typos.

ricktk · Post by **ricktk** » 27 Oct 2008, 03:22

Special forces launch rare attack inside Syria
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.”

KevinJarvis · Post by **KevinJarvis** » 27 Oct 2008, 04:06

Rick-What is the source of that statement?

Wait..I found it.

Still, we don't know the whole story.

Ford Friendly · Post by **Ford Friendly** » 27 Oct 2008, 04:50

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1

...A U.S. military official said the raid by special forces targeted the foreign fighter network that travels through Syria into Iraq...Syria's Foreign Ministry said it summoned the charges d'affaires of the United States and Iraq to protest against the strike

mr.bean · Post by **mr.bean** » 27 Oct 2008, 12:10

Doh! Didn't read carefully again.
News about this gets constantly updated here. http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... p?t=144803

KevinJarvis · Post by **KevinJarvis** » 27 Oct 2008, 14:27

The countries bordering Iraq have had years to comply with requests to stop or help stop insurgents from entering the war zone. If they stall and/or do nothing then they risk this kind of action.
I have no doubt they knew that this could happen one day. Now they want to cry about it.

And still we don't know if this happened on Iraqi soil that Syria believes is theirs or the other way around.

US helos attack eastern Syria

US helos attack eastern Syria

http://www.militarytimes.com/ reports