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2005-05-13 Iraq-Jordan

U.S. Assault Intensifies at Syria Border

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-13 8:45:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He did not give his name and hid his face with a scarf to address the camera, so that viewers would not recognize he was their sound engineer

i think that last part got edited out.

Posted by 2b 2005-05-13 09:39|| 2005-05-13 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Las Vegas Sun published an article about what it looks like from the Syrian side.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-05-13 10:12|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-05-13 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The area is believed to be a staging ground for foreign fighters, who receive weapons and equipment there to launch attacks in Iraq's main cities.

Something needs to be done about Syria. They've been basically getting a free pass, and it needs to come to be ended immediately.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-13 12:28|| 2005-05-13 12:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Villagers reached by telephone Friday

How the hell do you get the phone number for somebody that lives in Qaim, Iraq?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2005-05-13 14:43|| 2005-05-13 14:43|| Front Page Top

#5 (191) 1919

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-13 15:58|| 2005-05-13 15:58|| Front Page Top

#6 B-a-R, patience, my dear. ;-) Let's give our boys and girls time to train the Iraqis thoroughly, then catch their breath, before they start the next thing. They've been going all out for the better part of two years now, even with unit rotations, right?

I have no doubt (in my own little Pollyanna way) that Rumsfeld and Bush have not forgotten Boy Assad's quaint misbehaviours. But taking care of Syria likely also means cleaning out Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, and that is going to take both experts and manpower -- remember all those trucks that drove from Iraq through Syria just before we invaded?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-13 23:22|| 2005-05-13 23:22|| Front Page Top

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