US Attacks syria

Just on the news.

Some building on the Syrian border hit by USAF.
No real details as yet, some civilians killed

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225036811746&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

United States military helicopters bombed targets in a Syrian border town near Iraq on Sunday after Global Jihad operatives allegedly crossed the border into Syria, killing at least eight people.


A US Army helicopter over Iraq. [illustrative]
Photo: AP [file]

Slideshow: Pictures of the week The attack, which was not confirmed by the US military, was the first ever reported American strike in Syria.

Israeli defense officials said the incident was not connected to Israel and that the American troops had been chasing Global Jihad suspects in Iraq. The helicopters then crossed into Syria in pursuit of the terrorists.

According to Syria's state-run television, US military helicopters attacked an area near the Syrian border town of Abu Kamal and that there were casualties. It gave no other details on Sunday's attack.

Local residents told The Associated Press by telephone that two helicopters carrying US soldiers raided Hwijeh village, 17 kilometers inside Syria's border, killing seven people and wounding five others. Reuters quoted residents who said that the attack targeted a house in the area in which a man and his four sons and two nearby workers were killed.

Another report said that four helicopters were involved in the operation and that two of the helicopters landed and soldiers disembarked.

**** americans!

where is the western outrage, where are the protests, and the international condemnation etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.

change this around with Muslims doing the act and thats what they would be asking for. yet again the Sovereignty of another Muslim country has been violated.

I don't know how they can bear to live with themselves..

Musaafir said:

I don't know how they can bear to live with themselves..

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because they are hypocrites, you think they even care? they could care less if 100 Muslims were killed, its nothing but stats and numbers for them, Muslim blood is worthless and cheap. they talk about peace and respecting innocence, yet when they say that they are only referring to themselves.

"The dead included a man and his four children and a married couple. "

What is going on ??

The_Prince said:

because they are hypocrites, you think they even care? they could care less if 100 Muslims were killed, its nothing but stats and numbers for them, Muslim blood is worthless and cheap. they talk about peace and respecting innocence, yet when they say that they are only referring to themselves.

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I very much agree with this statement. However, I think the term hypocrite is a bit harsh and actually applies mostly to some of our leaders an not to most of us Americans.

Ignorance is the biggest problem here in the US not hypocrisy. Typically we do not know much about the world beyond our own town and have no idea at all what our leaders in Washington DC do. For most of us Washington is just a place far away and we don't seem to care what they do, it has no direct effect on us, or so we fool ourselves into believing.

^collateral damage?

I dont blame the forces themselves, they are going from orders from the leaders, thats where the states have the issues, Bush is all about blowing things up, if he had left things then we wouldnt have all the problems we have.

This is supposed to be a war against terrorism, which i dont think is a bad thing, it needs to be controlled, but randomly killing Muslims is asking for trouble. Roll on the US election and get that Idiot out of the whitehouse and get someone who actually has an idea on running the country in there to sort this mess out.

For the record, I dont think Bush could run a marathon let alone a country!

The_Prince said:

because they are hypocrites, you think they even care? they could care less if 100 Muslims were killed, its nothing but stats and numbers for them, Muslim blood is worthless and cheap. they talk about peace and respecting innocence, yet when they say that they are only referring to themselves.

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surah baqarah 2:11 & 2:12

When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!"

Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not.

From what I understand the U.S. military followed some jihadist types across the Syrian border and assaulted them there. They have been crossing the border, doing whatever it is they do, and then retreating back into Syria. If Syria wants to shout about "serious aggression" they need to reign in those who take advantage of the border to inflict damage on the Iraqi people and Coalition forces.

Yanoorah said:

surah baqarah 2:11 & 2:12

When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!"

Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not.

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excellent verse, it perfectly describes the situation.

The_Prince said:

where is the western outrage, where are the protests, and the international condemnation etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.

change this around with Muslims doing the act and thats what they would be asking for. yet again the Sovereignty of another Muslim country has been violated.

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Pretty much evrywhere. Try finding something on this that is celebration.

I think that Turkey have done very similar thing a few times this year, when turkish forces crossed the Iraqi border and kill Kurd rebeliants.

barney said:

Pretty much evrywhere. Try finding something on this that is celebration.

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i can easily go find several comments by westerners who applaud this, just come to youtube and click on some anti-Islamic videos and enjoy the comment section where many westerners boast about killing several Muslims in Iraq.

They'll probably deny it, if they don't deny it, they'll insist that this was targetted at insurgents who were within Iraqi terriroty when the strike was launched.

It's just another case in a growing litany of american neo-imperialist air strikes that will be discounted by the Pentagon and it's subersvient Iraqi collaborators as "collateral damage".

buddy1 said:

I dont blame the forces themselves, they are going from orders from the leaders, thats where the states have the issues, Bush is all about blowing things up, if he had left things then we wouldnt have all the problems we have.

This is supposed to be a war against terrorism, which i dont think is a bad thing, it needs to be controlled, but randomly killing Muslims is asking for trouble. Roll on the US election and get that Idiot out of the whitehouse and get someone who actually has an idea on running the country in there to sort this mess out.

For the record, I dont think Bush could run a marathon let alone a country!

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I think right before the election something might happen that might tilt the votes for Mccain.

The_Prince said:

because they are hypocrites, you think they even care? they could care less if 100 Muslims were killed, its nothing but stats and numbers for them, Muslim blood is worthless and cheap. they talk about peace and respecting innocence, yet when they say that they are only referring to themselves.

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In America right now, being a Muslim is the lowest thing you can be. Even Barack Obama, the so called "change guy", who is running for president stresses over and over that he is not a Muslim. He knows that he can be anything except a Muslim. The majority of Americans hate Muslims, and this is really sad.

The_Prince said:

because they are hypocrites, you think they even care? they could care less if 100 Muslims were killed, its nothing but stats and numbers for them, Muslim blood is worthless and cheap. they talk about peace and respecting innocence, yet when they say that they are only referring to themselves.

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hey champ,

You know what's a really ignorant and narrow minded thing to do?

When Americans make bigoted and prejudicial statement about Muslims, dehumanize Muslims by asigning them a monolithic purpose and disposition etc.

You know what else is ignorant and narrow minded?

When people do the same thing to Americans.

I was furious and outraged at this story, now I am jointly annoyed by the story and the news that apparently, my former beliefs to the contrary, I don't give a **** and could not care less about non-American blood.