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To: combjelly who wrote (430289)	10/26/2008 2:59:49 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574059

Wrong, Clinton was President in this century

To: combjelly who wrote (430289)	10/26/2008 4:48:33 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574059

Bush's October surprise? 8 reportedly killed in U.S. raid inside Syria Syrian news sources say the attack also wounded 14 people near the Iraqi border. U.S. military representatives do not deny the raid. By Borzou Daragahi 1:20 PM PDT, October 26, 2008 REPORTING FROM BEIRUT -- U.S. aircraft crossed five miles into Syrian air space today and launched a commando raid that left at least eight people dead near the Iraqi border, Syrian news outlets and sources reported. The reported attack also injured as many as 14 people, according to Syria's private Dunya television station. Details were sketchy. In Washington, several military representatives asked about the operation did not deny that a raid had taken place. Although they would not confirm the attack, they used language typically employed after raids conducted by secretive Special Operations forces. Damascus' official Syrian Arab News Agency said U.S. military helicopters entered Syria along the Iraqi border in Bukamal near the town of Deir Ezzor, which is considered a haven for Sunni Arab militants infiltrating Iraq. Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria, is also near the site of a Sept. 6, 2007, Israeli air strike on what U.S. officials have claimed was a plutonium plant built with the assistance of North Korea. The Syrian news agency said four U.S. helicopters crossed into Syrian airspace around 4:45 p.m. local time and fired on a number of people who appeared to be laborers at their jobs on the second day of the Syrian workweek. "All victims were civilians," the Dunya report said. Witnesses told media that two helicopters landed and eight U.S. soldiers disembarked. Syrian state television said they stormed a building. The attack, if confirmed, would appear to mark the first time during the 5-year-old Iraq war that U.S. troops have launched an attack inside Syria. U.S. officials have often accused Syria of allowing Sunni Arab insurgents to cross the porous frontier into Iraq and wreak havoc. But such allegations have subsided in recent months as violence in Iraq has decreased and Damascus and Washington have begun taking steps toward rapprochement. latimes.com