US Attacks Syria

Now Bush needs to attack Iran too before November, then he'll be satisfied. Why not just bomb the whole continent and make it easier?

Yeah! Good for us!

George Bush is a dumbass and always has been. He has not once "known" what he was doing before!
Why dont we just blow someone else up too and see if we can get the entire world to hate the US!
What an IDIOT!
Remind me again why he was elected for 2 terms as president???

US official: Raid on Syria killed leader of cell

By ZEINA KARAM and HUSSEIN MALLA - 46 minutes ago
SUKKARIYEH, Syria (AP) -- A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, an American counterterrorism official said Monday. Blood stained the earth in this border village as anguished Syrians buried relatives they said were killed in the U.S. helicopter attack Sunday. Some shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading "Down with Bush and the American enemy."
The operation targeted the home of Abu Ghadiyah, the nickname for the leader of a key cell of foreign fighters in Iraq, the U.S. official told The Associated Press from Washington. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive intelligence.
The U.S. Treasury Department has named Abu Ghadiyah as one of four major figures in al-Qaida's Iraq wing who were living in Syria.
U.S. authorities have said Abu Ghadiyah's real name is Badran Turki al-Mazidih, an Iraqi in his early 30s who served as al-Qaida in Iraq's head of logistics in Syria since 2004. His job included providing foreign fighters with passports, weapons, guides and safe houses as they slipped into Iraq and made their way to Baghdad and other major cities where the Sunni insurgency was raging.
Sunday's operation in Sukkariyeh, about five miles from the Iraqi border, came just days after the commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq called the Syrian border an "uncontrolled" gateway for fighters into Iraq and said efforts were being stepped up to secure it.
The raid was another sign the United States is aggressively launching military raids across the borders of Afghanistan and Iraq to destroy insurgent sanctuaries. In Pakistan, U.S. missile strikes have killed at least two senior al-Qaida operatives this year.
The Syrian government said Sunday's attack by four U.S. military helicopters targeted a civilian building under construction in Sukkariyeh shortly before sundown, and killed eight people, including four children.
However, local officials said seven men were killed and two people were wounded, including a woman. An AP reporter saw the bodies of seven men at the funerals Monday.
Amateur video taken by a villager on a cell phone Sunday showed four helicopters flying overhead as villagers pointed to the skies in alarm. The grainy images, viewed Monday by the AP, did not show the helicopters landing.
Another villager told the AP he saw at least two men taken into custody by U.S. forces, and whisked away by helicopter. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared for his life.
At the targeted building, the floor was bloodstained Monday, with abandoned tennis shoes scattered amid pieces of human flesh. A tent pitched near the site had bags of bread, pots and pans and wool blankets.
There was no visible security presence and visitors could move freely, a sign the normally tightly restrictive government wanted the damage seen.
About 30 women dressed in black wept in a small courtyard outside the home of Dawoud al-Hamad, who was killed in the bombing along with his four sons.
"They were innocent laborers who worked from dusk to dawn," said the man's wife, Rima. She said work at the construction site started last week.
Asked about U.S. reports that an al-Qaida-linked group used the site, Siham, the widow of one of the man's sons, Ibrahim, said: "I don't know about any of that."
"All I know is that they went to work and never came back," said the mother of seven.
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem denounced the raid as "cowboy politics."
"I hope it doesn't come to a confrontation, but if that's what they want, then we'll be ready," he told reporters in London.
Iran condemned the attack as did Russia, which has had close ties with Syria since Soviet times.
Iraqi officials said they had no advance warning of the raid, and the government responded carefully to the aftermath, seeking to contain diplomatic damage with Syria while not offending the U.S.
Chief spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Iraq was seeking good relations with Syria but added that Baghdad had asked the Syrians in the past to "hand over terror groups operating on Syrian territory."
He also noted the attack occurred in an area where "anti-Iraq terror activity" had taken place.
"We cannot judge this operation at the moment," he said. "We must wait for our investigation to finish. We are in touch with the American side and we expect them to hand us a report on the raid."
U.S. and Iraqi officials have long been concerned about infiltration across the Syrian border. American special operations troops have been working for months to shut down Sunni extremist networks that smuggle weapons and fighters through Iraq's northern desert to Mosul, where al-Qaida and other Sunni militants remain active.
But the timing of the raid raised concerns it could hurt an uncertain U.S.-Iraq security agreement. Parliament must approve the measure before the U.N. mandate expires Dec. 31, but Iraqi Shiite lawmakers have expressed doubts the current version would pass.
"Now neighboring countries have a good reason to be concerned about the continued U.S. presence in Iraq," Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman said.
Associated Press writers Hussein Malla Sukkariyeh, Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria; Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Iraq, and Pamela Hess in Washington contributed to this report.

Wonder what would have happened if Britain had bombed the US during the years when the IRA - funded by Americans - were active. Maybe we should have sent the SAS in to take out Ted Kennedy and other high profile "supporters of terrorism".

So those who think it's acceptable what Bush has done, I'd hazard a guess that you'd change your tune sharpish if other countries used the same justification against you.

Just sayin'.

Fast forward 2010...

That ****ing obama asshole hes at it again. I regret the day i ever voted for that bunch of *******s. God damn it useless politician.

waah waah i wet my nappies ...

Yes in 24 months you will all be whining about obama becuse afganistan will be a worse quagmire than iraq ever could be and because the recession/depression will not just still exist, it will be worse.

The economic downturn may last for five years. There will probably be another major terror attack worse than 911 in USA, europe or russia, china in this period also. After that who knows - perhaps there will be a limited nuclear war and that would be exciting to watch on TV.

Whose fault is it ?

Your own because all you do is whine.

Bush is a joke.
Why was he voted in the 2nd time?...

USA! USA! USA!

I long ago stopped believing that out votes actually counted.
If you can convince me our goubermint as a whole doesn't consider us all "worthless eaters" then I might change that belief.
And my name is John Kane-the Bag man