This ought to be quick (check out the list of daily post in my blog archive to see where today stacks up).
First read: Why The Attack In Syria?
Now see:
"US special forces attack site in Syria, killing 8; Raid criticized by Damascus; Qaeda targeted" by Albert Aji, Associated Press | October 27, 2008
DAMASCUS - US helicopters launched an extremely rare attack yesterday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as "serious aggression."
Which means this is NOT the FIRST TIME, folks!
So WHY WE HEARING ABOUT IT NOW?
Why are tensions with Russia being ratcheted up now?
Why is the war drum relentlessly being beaten (in my Jewish War Dailies) for Pakistan?
Media manipulation? Nawwwwwww, couldn't be!!
A US military official said the raid by special forces targeted the network of Al Qaeda-linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq. The Americans have been unable to dismantle the network because Syria was out of the military's reach.
"Al-CIA-Duh," hanh?
See Occupation Iraq: Israel's IEDs and associated links within.
"We are taking matters into our own hands," the official told the Associated Press in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of cross-border raids.
Well, I would SAY SO, hmm?
Hey, buddy, you GOT BLOOD on them hands!!!!
The attack came days after the commander of US forces in western Iraq said American troops were redoubling efforts to secure the Syrian border, which he called an "uncontrolled" gateway for fighters entering Iraq.
A Syrian government statement said the helicopters attacked the Sukkariyeh Farm near the town of Abu Kamal, 5 miles inside the Syrian border. Four helicopters attacked a civilian building under construction near sundown and fired on workers inside, the statement said.
The government said civilians were among the dead, including four children. A resident of the nearby village of Hwijeh said some of the helicopters landed and troops left the aircraft and fired on a building.
On Thursday, US Major General John Kelly said that Iraq's western borders with Saudi Arabia and Jordan were fairly tight as a result of good policing by security forces in those countries but that Syria was a "different story."
Oh, LOOK at the BULLSHIT STREAMING from this general's mouth!!!! Uh, I am TIRED of the WAR PROPAGANDA, sir!! Sig Heil (with full one-finger salute)!
Did you know most of those "foreign fighters" -- U.S. has over 300,000 there, counting mercenaries -- are SAUDIS, Amurkn?
He added that the United States was helping construct a sand berm and ditches along the border. --more--"
Yeah, why not, you sealed of Baghdad in concrete.
The ONLY BORDER the U.S. can NOT SECURE is OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!!!
Coincidence or FURTHER ADVANCEMENT of the ECONOMIC INTEGRATION of GLOBAL GOVERNMENT? That's a whole other post, folks.
