Syria Strike Was Approved By Syrian Government

The Black Hawk strike conveyed U.S. troops over the border from Iraq into Syria where they killed terrorist Abu Ghadiya. He was identified by the Treasury Department as “a high value al-Qaida commander in charge of money, weapons and other terrorists for al-Qaida in Iraq.”

Officially the Damascus regime denounced the attack in which seven villagers died. But intelligence sources in London and Washington provided an intriguingly different story of the background to the raid, citing sources in the formidable al-Mukhabarat al-Jawiyya, Syria’s intel service.

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Syria – US Helicopter Makes Strike Near Border

DEVELOPING: U.S. military helicopters attacked an area along Syria’s border with Iraq Sunday, causing casualties, Syrian state TV and witnesses said. Syria said on Sunday unidentified helicopters attacked a Syrian border point with Iraq, causing casualties.

The official Syrian news agency SANA did not identify the helicopters but said the attack took place in the Bou Kamal border area, in eastern Syria.

Residents said the attack targeted a house in the area in which a man and his four sons and two nearby workers were killed..

The U.S. military in Baghdad had no immediate comment.

The area is near the Iraqi border city of Qaim, which had been a major crossing point for fighters, weapons and money coming into Iraq to fuel the Sunni insurgency.

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