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2008-10-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-27 15:42|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 good, too hell with russia and iran condemning anything . who cares it's not like they haven't sponsored everything against us in the last 80 years at least.

Posted by chris 2008-10-27 16:06|| 2008-10-27 16:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The only complaint I've got about this is that it's abour five years too late.

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-27 16:09|| 2008-10-27 16:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Whoop there it is!!! Got a major taliwhacker and a major AQ in Iraq figure on same day!

Posted by Legolas 2008-10-27 16:13|| 2008-10-27 16:13|| Front Page Top

#4 An Associated Press journalist at the funerals in the village cemetery saw the bodies of seven men--none of them children. The discrepancy could not immediately be explained.

AP reporter is going to lose his job for not getting the full propoganda line straight. ALWAYS include women, children and baby ducks!

Posted by Glenmore 2008-10-27 16:37|| 2008-10-27 16:37|| Front Page Top

#5 During the funerals, residents shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading: "Down with Bush and the American enemy."

I'm sure Axelrod, Soros, and Obama sent their condolences.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-27 16:45|| 2008-10-27 16:45|| Front Page Top

#6 If Syria is trying to stop the flow of terrorists from their country to Iraq as they say, it seems like their response should be 'thank you very much to our American friends for your help'.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-10-27 17:41|| 2008-10-27 17:41|| Front Page Top

#7 I noted that two were captured and carried off. I imagine that Assad in Damascus is going to be having sleepless nights for a while.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-27 18:15|| 2008-10-27 18:15|| Front Page Top

#8 "I imagine that Assad in Damascus is going to be having sleepless nights for a while."

Awwwww, da' poor babeeeeee.

We could fix that for him, 'moose.

With a dirt nap. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-27 18:39|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-27 18:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Per tu above, the only problem here is that this comes years late. There probably should have been dozens of such operations carried out - and even much bolder and more aggressive ones - starting in late '03 or thereabouts. Even assuming some covert festivities we don't know about, clearly there was a failure to exploit the strategic momentum as well as prosecute the Iraq operation properly by confronting Syrian and Iranian meddling and imposing an unsustainable cost for it. And this is NOT hindsight.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-10-27 19:55|| 2008-10-27 19:55|| Front Page Top

#10 This may be an interesting prelude to what may occur between Nov and Jan as Bush has no political capital to lose.

Crank up the hurt in Pakistan, Afghanistan and along the borders with IRAQ; less ammo to carry home in January.

Posted by airandee 2008-10-27 20:42|| 2008-10-27 20:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Syria's foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, described the raid as "cowboy politics." He warned that if there was a repeat attack on Syria, "we would defend our territories."

Considering the situation...that's about as measured of Syrian diplo-speak as it gets. It will be interesting as to who gets invited to next weeks party.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-10-27 20:46|| 2008-10-27 20:46|| Front Page Top

#12 note the Iraqi official's doublespeak

Since an Obama-Reid-Pelosi govt will be doing everything possible to disengage, the Iraqis had better get used to a more direct way of talking like say, "Thanks USA, Kill more terrorists please."

Posted by mhw 2008-10-27 20:57|| 2008-10-27 20:57|| Front Page Top

#13 And this is NOT hindsight.

It is, but I'm not going to get in a p*ssing contest over it.

Posted by Pappy 2008-10-27 21:02|| 2008-10-27 21:02|| Front Page Top

#14 Border patrol.

Anyway, if there had only been innocent civilians working on a building project, the US wouldn't have gone in.

Duh.

Posted by ex-lib 2008-10-27 21:44|| 2008-10-27 21:44|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Hupairt B. Hayes3388 2008-10-27 21:49|| 2008-10-27 21:49|| Front Page Top

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