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| Syria: Foreign minister accuses US of ''terrorist aggression'' |
| 2008-10-28 |
| (AKI) - Syria's Foreign Minister, Walid Muallem, on Monday accused the United States of "terrorist aggression" over an alleged weekend raid on a village near the Iraqi border. Speaking in London after talks with British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, Muallem said the attack was in breach of international law. "We consider this criminal and terrorist aggression. We put the responsibility on the American government," he told a media conference in London. "Killing civilians in international law means a terrorist aggression," he added, in the first comments by a Syrian minister since the reported attack on the village of Al-Sukkariya, eight kilometres from the border. Earlier on Monday, Iran joined Syria in condemning the alleged US attack. Asked if Syria would use force if the Americans mounted a similar operation again, he said: "As long as you are saying if, I tell you, if they do it again, we will defend our territories." Muallem stressed that all the victims were unarmed Syrian civilians who were killed on Syrian territory. The Syrian minister said that four American helicopters had crossed the border around 5 p.m/ on Sunday local time. Two of them landed at the village site, while the other two aircraft protected them. In Washington, White House spokeswoman, Dana M. Perino, refused to comment on the reported attack. However, media reports say that an unnamed US military official confirmed the attack. In Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hassan Qashqavi, condemned the attack, saying a violation of the territorial integrity of any sovereign state was unacceptable. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Seems we have no trouble finding out where the bad guys are. What's the matter with the vaunted Syrian Intelligence service, huh? Go complain to Mohammad. Directly. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-10-28 11:34 |
| #7 US gov response should be: what the hell are you gonna do? |
| Posted by: chris 2008-10-28 10:24 |
| #6 ...accused the United States of "terrorist aggression"... Well, we are being very aggressive against the terrorists. You a terrorist, Walid? Well, are ya punk? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-28 09:39 |
| #5 Better late than never. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-10-28 09:11 |
| #4 Looks like we got their attention. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-28 09:00 |
| #3 Are we getting in our "last licks" now before possible change of policy come Jan? It seems we're more aggressive lately inside of Pak and now Syr.. After all, they could always blame it on lame duck, Bush.. |
| Posted by: Tom- Pa 2008-10-28 06:24 |
| #2 Terrorist - I do not think it means what you think it means. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-10-28 05:41 |
| #1 Terrorist aggression on our part about 4 years late, Wally. We should have been more aggressive with terrorists, all right. Like the Russians say, "tough schitskis." Learn to live with it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul in Juneau, AK 2008-10-28 00:36 |