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2005-07-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria says border troops fired on by U.S. forces

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-21 14:55|| || Front Page|| [16 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Ooops"

Don't make us fire "arbitarily" again.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-21 15:44|| 2005-07-21 15:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Syria said on Thursday its border troops had been fired on by U.S. and Iraqi forces..

Fantastic!! Can we do it again?

..and accused Washington, London and Baghdad of lack of cooperation in preventing insurgents infiltrating into Iraq.

One question: Where is the infiltration COMING FROM???

Uh huh. Now how is it that Syria needs some kind of "cooperation" from us?

The United States and Britain had failed to respond to Syrian requests for night vision and radar-based monitoring systems to prevent night infiltrations, said the letter,..

Oh, I get it now. They want some of our advanced equipment, so they can copy it or appropriate it permanently. Boy, these guys do have nerve, I'll say that much.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-21 16:12|| 2005-07-21 16:12|| Front Page Top

#3 If Syria needs advanced equipment, like night-vision stuff, let them talk to Pootie Poot. He was willing to give them missiles, so he should be able to part with a few night vision goggles.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-07-21 16:29|| 2005-07-21 16:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Send a note to the Syrian governement that the shots were from a wedding party for a couple of our soldiers.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-07-21 17:23|| 2005-07-21 17:23|| Front Page Top

#5 I hope that the US did respond tothe night vision request .... a two response.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-07-21 17:25|| 2005-07-21 17:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Keep shooting until the infiltration stops. The asshats from Syria aren't going to Iraq for vacation.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-07-21 18:15|| 2005-07-21 18:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Can we give them some night vision gear that secretly sends back to us what they are looking at and where they are? Could be interesting.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2005-07-21 18:20|| 2005-07-21 18:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Are the Syrians still alive?

Then it wasn't our troops.

Just sayin', 's all. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-07-21 18:47|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-07-21 18:47|| Front Page Top

#9 I found the suggestion of US troop "loss of control" amusing. You'll know there was loss of control when the dead lie thick on the tortured ground because officers stopped controlling the rules of engagement and started using 1/10th of 1% of the firepower we have in the region.

Posted by too true 2005-07-21 19:40|| 2005-07-21 19:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Mebbe they can ask their Hizbullah buddies for some of the 10,000 Katyushas now pointed at the zionist entity TM

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