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US helos attack eastern Syria
Posted: 26 Oct 2008, 22:41
by mr.bean
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 01:07
by KevinJarvis
I don't see where it states they were US helos.
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 01:21
by ricktk
Agree
Report clearly states unidentified.
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 01:47
by KevinJarvis
Not trying to dismiss the original posters thoughts, but we shouldn't assume anything. They very well could have been Syrian helo's.....
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 02:04
by mr.bean
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.
http://www.militarytimes.com/ reports
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 03:22
by ricktk
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.”
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 04:06
by KevinJarvis
Rick-What is the source of that statement?
Wait..I found it.
Still, we don't know the whole story.
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 04:50
by Ford Friendly
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
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 12:10
by mr.bean
Doh! Didn't read carefully again.
News about this gets constantly updated here.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... p?t=144803
Posted: 27 Oct 2008, 14:27
by KevinJarvis
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.