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2005-11-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria accuses US of cross-border attacks
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Posted by Pr0n flicks R us 2005-11-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Syria accuses US of cross-border attacks

POT -> KETTLE -> BLACK

I don't have a problem with Syrian border guards getting shot. Do you?

Not a bit ... keeps 'em out of trouble, Fred>.
Posted by Zenster 2005-11-01 00:40||   2005-11-01 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if Syria would prefer to see a real cross-border attack....
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-01 00:43||   2005-11-01 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure it's just a few innocent mistakes. You know what clueless bumblers us Americans are. Wandering around the trackless desert, braving the harsh and brutal Afghan, uhh, make that Syrian winter, it's a wonder how we ever manage. Our guys probably forgot to take the batteries out of the iPods and stick them back in the GPSes. So sorry, but *do* keep your head down. And whatever you do, don't shoot at them. It just make 'em twitchy.
Posted by SteveS 2005-11-01 02:00||   2005-11-01 02:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Lol, SteveS. So, so true - especially that last bit, heh.
Posted by .com 2005-11-01 02:33||   2005-11-01 02:33|| Front Page Top

#5 "No, no. Don't shoot him. You'll just make him mad." ..... "Candygram for Mr. Mongo....boom"
Posted by AlanC">AlanC  2005-11-01 07:51||   2005-11-01 07:51|| Front Page Top

#6 "The people here are happy to help fighters go to face the Americans,"
A few TOT barrages should take a little of that joy out of the party.
Posted by raptor 2005-11-01 07:52||   2005-11-01 07:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Of course we're cross. Wouldn't you be?
Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins  2005-11-01 08:23|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org]  2005-11-01 08:23|| Front Page Top

#8 I know of one anti-American, swishy boy asshat who is going to be bery, bery upseth thhat thhe US isth going to hurt Sthyria.

See Here

and Here
Posted by Floating Stone 2005-11-01 09:00||   2005-11-01 09:00|| Front Page Top

#9 If we're using maps provided by the CIA, I hope someone has had the decency to notify the Chinese Embassy in Damascus to tell them that fact.
Posted by Phinerong Unotch8835 2005-11-01 09:02||   2005-11-01 09:02|| Front Page Top

#10 They'll have a far better understanding of the meaning of "lethal" when push comes to brutal mechanized beat down.
Posted by MunkarKat 2005-11-01 09:35||   2005-11-01 09:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Does anybody know if we have any "natural allies" in Syria besides the Kurds? I'm not familiar enough with the place to say, and everything I've heard leaves me very uncomfortable with the prospect of what comes after Assad. Islamists or failed-state civil war? Do we try to partition the place?
All in all, I'd rather the Iraqis handled the heavy lifting on this one.
Posted by James">James  2005-11-01 11:33|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]  2005-11-01 11:33|| Front Page Top

#12 In a just world, Mr. Assad, not a scorched stone of your fascist state would be left standing.

Forget justice, beg for mercy.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2005-11-01 12:02||   2005-11-01 12:02|| Front Page Top

#13 North Vietnam in the last two weeks has stripped away all pretense of respecting the sovereignty or the neutrality of Cambodia. Thousands of their soldiers are invading the country from the sanctuaries. They are encircling the capital of Pnompenh. Coming from these sanctuaries, as you see here, they had moved into Cambodia and are encircling the capital.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-01 12:14||   2005-11-01 12:14|| Front Page Top

#14 Statement from the Department of State (of your dreams):

We regret the recent inadvertant cross-border attacks by US forces into Syria. It was not our original intent to do this. However, we will not stop these attacks. But we regret them all, we really do. So please accept our present and future appologies, and for safety sake, please keep your heads down.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2005-11-01 12:23||   2005-11-01 12:23|| Front Page Top

#15 It's not just the borders Syria has to deal with. It's the the former Saddam-regime-turned-financiers sitting in Damascus.
Posted by Pappy 2005-11-01 12:34||   2005-11-01 12:34|| Front Page Top

#16 And if the hard boyz were wacking the Syrian folks who dared to even attempt to detain them - who do you think the Syrians would blame?

You last name doesn't have to be Rove to spread disinformation!
Posted by Bobby 2005-11-01 14:15||   2005-11-01 14:15|| Front Page Top

#17 Bush should have the US embassy in Damascus pack up and sneak out in the night.
Of course, there's probably some painintheass American tourists walking around Syria like they're in the Bahamas.
Posted by wxjames 2005-11-01 19:09||   2005-11-01 19:09|| Front Page Top

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