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| Iraq Says Syria 'Terrorist Group' behind Ambush |
| 2013-03-05 |
| [An Nahar] A "terrorist group" from Syria carried out a bushwhack in western Iraq on Monday that killed 48 Syrian soldiers being transferred to the border and nine Iraqi guards, the defense ministry said. The ambush was carried out "by a terrorist group that infiltrated into Iraqi territory coming from Syria," the ministry said on its website. It said a number of unarmed and maimed Syrian soldiers had fled to Iraq for medical treatment and were being transferred to al-Walid border crossing to be returned to Syria through "official channels." But they were ambushed on the way, in what the ministry termed "an attack against the illusory sovereignty of Iraq, its land, and its dignity, and a clear violation of human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... , as (the soldiers) were maimed and unarmed." |
| Posted by:Fred |