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| US missile strikes Syrian passenger bus |
| 2003-03-24 |
| Holy maloney! A US missile has hit a Syrian passenger bus near the Iraqi border, killing five people and injuring 10 others. The bus was carrying Syrians fleeing the war in Iraq. A spokeswoman for the US Central Command says Allied forces do not target civilians, and that their targeting is done very carefully, using precision-guided missiles, to select military targets. The wounded have been taken to a Syrian hospital on the border. Syria, which strongly opposes the US-led war in Iraq, has repeatedly called for a peaceful solution to the crisis. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #3 The Syrians may have ot get used to this; read somewhere else that Syria was sending bus loads of vounteers to Iraq. So maybe tihs was just "practice' for when we really have to shoot at those busses. |
| Posted by: scott 2003-03-24 19:49:27 |
| #2 The bus was carrying Syrians fleeing the war in Iraq. So which side of the border were they on? That's not clear in this article. Not that I'll lose any sleep over it if it was Syria. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-24 09:25:20 |
| #1 Are we sure it was a US missile? The Iraqi missiles that went into Iran were misidentified as ours for a day or two. |
| Posted by: VAMark 2003-03-24 09:02:51 |