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2009-05-18 Iraq

US, Iraqi forces target Syrian-based network

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Posted by ed 2009-05-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I know it's just torturing myself (uh, REAL torture) to think it, but wouldn't it be nice to see a Syrian-based network hit hard, in, uh, Syria?? Of course even the last president (best war-time leader since Truman, easily) balked at that, or something. Speaking of which, with weasels like Powell surely writing their tell-all-but-actually-tell-lots-of-one-sided-b.s. memoirs before the adults probably do, how long will we have to wait to know the real story about things like the Great Wimping Out of 2003-2006, etc.?

Posted by Verlaine 2009-05-18 04:04|| 2009-05-18 04:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember those helicopters captured on a cell phone camera in Oct 2008? US strike in Syria "decapitated" al Qaeda's facilitation network
Al Qaeda leader Abu Ghadiya was killed in yesterday's strike inside Syria, a senior US military intelligence official told The Long War Journal. But US special operations forces also inflicted a major blow to al Qaeda's foreign fighter network based in Syria. The entire senior leadership of Ghadiya's network was also killed in the raid, the official stated.

Worth reading. Makes one wonder what goes on where there are no video cameras.

Posted by ed 2009-05-18 06:49|| 2009-05-18 06:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Also remember the Israeli raid on the mysterious whatever-it-was complex. Had to be some degree of cooperation with US (and maybe Turkey) on that. Just how much cooperation, and how 'active' we should never know.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-05-18 19:04|| 2009-05-18 19:04|| Front Page Top

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