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Syrian diplomat: Syria reserves right to respond to U.S. attack
By Yoav Stern and News Agencies
Tags: Israel News, Syria, U.S. army 

A Syrian diplomat called a U.S. helicopter strike on a Syrian village near the border with Iraq on Sunday an "outrageous crime," adding that Syria reserves the right to respond accordingly.

Eight civilians were killed in the strike, which Syria said targeted a civilian building under construction.

"This administration ... has proved to be irrational and they have no respect for international law or human rights. We expect a clarification, and of course Syria reserves the right to respond accordingly in the proper way," Syria's press attache in London, Jihad Makdissi, told the BBC.
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The raid indicated the desert frontier between the two countries remains a key battleground, more than five years into the Iraq war. A U.S. military official, who confirmed the strike, said Sunday that the attack targeted elements of a robust foreign fighter logistics network and that due to Syrian inaction the U.S. was now "taking matters into our own hands."

Makdissi condemned the attack, saying "if they (the U.S.) have any proof of any insurgency, instead of applying the law of the jungle and penetrating, unprovoked, a sovereign country, they should come to the Syrians first and share this information," the BBC reported.

The Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported that Syria has also called on the Iraqi government to carry out an immediate inquiry into the attack and to ensure that Iraq was not used for "aggression against Syria."

A government statement carried by the official Syrian Arab News Agency said Sunday that the attack occurred at the Sukkariyeh Farm near the town of Abu Kamal, five miles (eight kilometers) inside the Syrian border. Four helicopters attacked a civilian building under construction, firing at the workers inside shortly before sundown, the statement said.

Syria's Foreign Ministry said it summoned the charges d'affaires of the United States and Iraq to protest the strike.

A resident of the nearby village of Hwijeh, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, said the aircraft flew along the Euphrates River into the area of farms and several brick factories.

Some of the helicopters landed and troops exiting the aircraft fired on a building, he said, adding that at least one of the dead was a construction worker.

Iraqi travelers making their way home across the border reported hearing many explosions, said Farhan al-Mahalawi, mayor of the Iraqi border town of Qaim.

The Syrian government said there were civilians among the dead, including four children.

"Syria condemns this aggression and holds the American forces responsible for this aggression and all its repercussions. Syria also calls on the Iraqi government to shoulder its responsibilities and launch and immediate investigation into this serious violation and prevent the use of Iraqi territory for aggression against Syria," the statement said.

A resident of the nearby village of Hwijeh said some of the helicopters landed and troops exited the aircraft and fired on a building. He said the aircraft flew along the Euphrates River into the area of farms and several brick factories. The witness spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

Syrian state television late Sunday aired footage that showed blood stains on the floor of a site under construction, the wooden beams used to mold concrete strewn on the ground. Akram Hameed, one of the injured who said he was fishing in the Euphrates, told Syrian television he saw four helicopters coming from the border area under a heavy blanket of fire.

"One of the helicopters landed in an agricultural area and eight members
disembarked," the man in his 40s said. "The firing lasted about 15 minutes and when I tried to leave the area on my motorcycle, I was hit by a bullet in the right arm about 20 meters (yards) away," he said.

The injured wife of the building's guard, in bed in hospital with a tube in her nose, told Syria TV that two helicopters landed and two remained in the air during the attack. The TV did not identify her by name.

Syria's Foreign Ministry said it summoned the charges d'affaires of the United States and Iraq to protest against the strike.

Qaim, across the border in Iraq, had been a major crossing point for fighters, weapons and money coming into Iraq to fuel the Sunni insurgency.

Iraqi insurgents seized Qaim in April 2005, forcing U.S. Marines to recapture the town the following month in heavy fighting. The area became more secure only after Sunni tribes in western Iraq turned against al-Qaida in late 2006 and joined forces with the Americans.

On Thursday, the commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq said in a briefing with Pentagon reporters that American troops were redoubling efforts to secure the Syrian border, from where some fighters were continuing to enter Iraq.

Maj. Gen. John Kelly said in last week's briefing that Iraq's western borders with Saudi Arabia and Jordan were fairly tight as a result of good policing by security forces in those countries but that Syria was a different story.

"The Syrian side is, I guess, uncontrolled by their side," Kelly said. "We still have a certain level of foreign fighter movement."

"There hasn't been much, in the way of a physical barrier, along that border for years," Kelly said.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem accused the United States earlier this year of not giving his country the equipment needed to prevent foreign fighters from crossing into Iraq. He said Washington feared Syria could use such equipment against Israel.

Though Syria has long been viewed by the U.S. as a destabilizing country in the Middle East, in recent months, Damascus has been trying to change its image and end years of global seclusion.

Syrian President Bashar Assad has pursued indirect peace talks with Israel, mediated by Turkey, and says he wants direct talks next year. Syria also has agreed to establish diplomatic ties with Lebanon, a country it used to dominate both politically and militarily, and has worked harder at stemming the flow of militants into Iraq.

European, American and Arab officials also have increased their visits to the country after years of avoiding it. Most recently, French President Nicolas Sarkozy joined the leaders of Turkey and Qatar in a summit with Assad in Damascus.

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      1.   seven killed men were supposedly construction workers - ha 20:48  |  vik 26/10/08
      2.   Iran is next 20:50  |  bomb 26/10/08
      3.   America wants entire war in the region 21:00  |  Muza 26/10/08
      4.   Bush is looking for a crisis to help McCain 21:13  |  whatever 26/10/08
      5.   Way to go USA! 21:13  |  Johnny 26/10/08
      6.   construction workers ? 21:14  |  m.b. 26/10/08
      7.   9 dead 21:14  |  Hambone 26/10/08
      8.   Why? 21:15  |  DAT 26/10/08
      9.   #2 i hope america makes that stupidity 21:19  |  Muza 26/10/08
      10.   Cowards! 21:23  |  Uncle Sam 26/10/08
      11.   to 9 21:27  |  Mushroom growing 26/10/08
      12.   oil prices are too low, Iran paid Syria to fabricate story 21:31  |  joe 26/10/08
      13.   Wait Few Days...For More Details... 21:33  |  Joe 26/10/08
      14.   #3 it is better nuclear war,than this. 21:37  |  Siad 26/10/08
      15.   Not biting on this one 21:37  |  Redoubt 26/10/08
      16.   Muza, Stop making me Laugh 21:38  |  Don 26/10/08
      17.   What will be the ramifications? 21:46  |  AL 26/10/08
      18.   syria the innocent... 21:47  |  ari 26/10/08
      19.   This calls for an Oil Price increase due to the "tension" 21:54  |  Alan SA 26/10/08
      20.   now? 22:01  |  Fab 26/10/08
      21.   Here are the two and a half scenarios 22:03  |  Maronite 26/10/08
      22.   #4 Whatever. Helping McCain. 22:03  |  Maureen Ann 26/10/08
      23.   Wonder what they were constructing? 22:05  |  Jane 26/10/08
      24.   Reality Behind The Surface 22:10  |  Jimmy 26/10/08
      25.   Good! 22:11  |  Murray of Montreal 26/10/08
      26.   I am a syrian 22:17  |  Bilal 26/10/08
      27.   Construction workers...constructing nuclear site? 22:19  |  Jon 26/10/08
      28.   #12 Joe - Oil Prices 22:22  |  Jon 26/10/08
      29.   The U.S. Election, strikes in Pakistan &Syria. 22:24  |  Stephen. 26/10/08
      30.   For Johnny in Stockholm # 5 22:27  |  Clickfool 26/10/08
      31.   #15 stop laughing and probe it 22:28  |  Muza 26/10/08
      32.   Bilal - I have a bridge to sell you 22:33  |  Jane 26/10/08
      33.   Cower in fear! Bilal has roared! 22:35  |  Michael 26/10/08
      34.   UK next 22:41  |  Greg 26/10/08
      35.   Bilal #21 22:41  |  Chet 26/10/08
      36.   TO NO 1. 22:45  |  DANNY 26/10/08
      37.   #29, Syrian and Pakistani Strikes Necessary... 22:48  |  Gary 26/10/08
      38.   For Michael in Jerusalem # 33 22:48  |  Clickfool 26/10/08
      39.   # 21 Bilal 22:49  |  John Donald 26/10/08
      40.   Arab should seek Nuks to avoid US bully shit 22:50  |  Cerdic 26/10/08
      41.   VIVA ISRAEL/USA 22:52  |  ALAN 26/10/08
      42.   For Greg # 34 22:53  |  Clickfool 26/10/08
      43.   who are the terrorists ? 22:58  |  annie 26/10/08
      44.   Muza read history 22:59  |  Ben 26/10/08
      45.   bilal in "syria": The syrian `military`?? LOL 23:00  |  Arie 26/10/08
      46.   Blessing yourself Chet? - 35 23:08  |  ChanahS 26/10/08
      47.   Need more details 23:12  |  Ron 26/10/08
      48.   Construction Project 23:15  |  Brendan 26/10/08
      49.   Wait and See . . . Mistake? 23:22  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/10/08
      50.   Time for Israelis to start praying... 23:28  |  Dutch Dirk 26/10/08
      51.   it was syrian territory 23:31  |  Efi 26/10/08
      52.   Don in Atlanta #16 23:31  |  Persian Kitty 26/10/08
      53.   Its about time 23:39  |  docD 26/10/08
      54.   Trying to help McCain? 23:39  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/08
      55.   #30 Clicky...and the EU is right in there 23:44  |  Lynn 26/10/08
      56.   #24 Juimmy....Assad fears Iran and his brother-in-law 23:46  |  Lynn 26/10/08
      57.   Iran should have been first. 23:49  |  docD 26/10/08
      58.   Tennyson 23:54  |  Al 26/10/08
      59.   let the jihadists` 23:55  |  alan 26/10/08
      60.   # 38 ben the bigmouth 23:55  |  Axel 26/10/08
      61.   Terrorists BEWARE 00:17  |  Don 27/10/08
      62.   This act of terror won`t extend the life of Zionist regime 00:20  |  Moise 27/10/08
      63.   Bilal the comic 00:21  |  vik 27/10/08
      64.   Mark here we go again 00:22  |  docD 27/10/08
      65.   26 bilal 00:23  |  alan 27/10/08
      66.   You live in a fantasy world, Lynn # 55 00:24  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      67.   For docD # 57 00:33  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      68.   Once a fool. 00:38  |  docD 27/10/08
      69.   #68 00:44  |  Smash 27/10/08
      70.   Clickfool #42 00:56  |  Dick Cheney 27/10/08
      71.   #66 Clicky ......put your mind to it 00:58  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      72.   Getting The Attention Of Syria`s Giraffe By Gunning Its Weasels 01:00  |  Lavi 27/10/08
      73.   AMERICA a threat and NOT iran 01:08  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      74.   #33, MICHAEL on fear 01:14  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      75.   The Bush Doctrine in action.... 01:15  |  Johnboy 27/10/08
      76.   clickfool 67 01:17  |  docD 27/10/08
      77.   american soldiers just signed their death warrant 01:20  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      78.   FOOL @42 has really flipped "it`s lid now 01:28  |  Ari ben Yisrael 27/10/08
      79.   clickfool on law 01:32  |  lawless american 27/10/08
      80.   WHO`S NEXT? everyone should wonder 01:35  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      81.   Bilal have you read the shortest book ever written? 01:38  |  Ari ben Yisrael 27/10/08
      82.   VIPER the Tool 01:39  |  Don 27/10/08
      83.   docD, chest beating again 01:40  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      84.   Poor Syria is always the victim 01:41  |  Yosi 27/10/08
      85.   #50 dutch dirt 01:42  |  Joe Moer 27/10/08
      86.   To Persian Kitty 01:48  |  Abuya 27/10/08
      87.   Don`t worry Assad, Bush isn`t coming to dinner...yet 01:48  |  Gregor 27/10/08
      88.   VIPER - you have it reversed 01:49  |  docD 27/10/08
      89.   Give me a break 01:57  |  Joe 27/10/08
      90.   Bilal-The Russian "advisors" shouting over Radio "Chornia Udirai 02:07  |  Alan SA 27/10/08
      91.   54 Mark Lincoln - Learning Nothing From Cambodian Incursion 02:18  |  Mark of Lewiston 27/10/08
      92.   64 DocD - Bush Admin Starting a New War 02:24  |  Mark of Lewiston 27/10/08
      93.   Persian Kitty, your defense for ahmadinejad is almost "cute" 02:27  |  Johnny 27/10/08
      94.   Bring our boys home! 02:36  |  Jon 27/10/08
      95.   Abuya 02:38  |  Persian Kitty 27/10/08
      96.   for #34 Clickfool 02:39  |  leo 27/10/08
      97.   Johnny from Stockholm 02:55  |  Persian Kitty 27/10/08
      98.   #95 Persian Kitty 03:00  |  Mike 27/10/08
      99.   Clickfud 03:18  |  John 27/10/08
      100.   Go US Army 03:19  |  Rockdad56 27/10/08
      101.   Persian Kitty 03:31  |  John 27/10/08
      102.   VIPER - China, Russia, Martians and the man in the moon. 03:38  |  docD 27/10/08
      103.   syria 03:51  |  joe velshi 27/10/08
      104.   iran is next...what a dumb post 03:55  |  joe 27/10/08
      105.   VIPER 80 04:01  |  ChanahS 27/10/08
      106.   42# clickfool. i fear you have finally lost it 04:03  |  Johnnymac 27/10/08
      107.   John from Toronto 04:05  |  Persian Kitty 27/10/08
      108.   #26 Bilal In Syria 04:07  |  Yosemite 27/10/08
      109.   VIPER 83 - China and Russia? 04:09  |  ChanahS 27/10/08
      110.   Mike In Chicago 04:13  |  Persian Kitty 27/10/08
      111.   Assad - Dead Man Walking? 04:15  |  Akira 27/10/08
      112.   4 children among dead? Syria now using child labour? 04:24  |  Bling Bling 27/10/08
      113.   Hey Kitty 04:39  |  Pastor Joseph 27/10/08
      114.   Its about time! 04:48  |  Murray of Montreal 27/10/08
      115.   The "empire" stinks! 05:07  |  Niva dos Santos 27/10/08
      116.   Jungle law 05:10  |  global citezn 27/10/08
      117.   The morals of the Bush Junta 05:40  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      118.   The Great USA stepping into it time after time 05:54  |  Hans 27/10/08
      119.   #3 Muza 05:54  |  Jim 27/10/08
      120.   Mark of Lewiston 05:56  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      121.   to ari ben yisrael 05:58  |  haidarra 27/10/08
      122.   #2 bomb 06:04  |  Jim 27/10/08
      123.   Jane - the definition of a "terrorist" 06:11  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      124.   #8 DAT 06:15  |  Jim 27/10/08
      125.   War is a political act 06:16  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      126.   President McCain and Vice-P Sarah Palin 06:31  |  interested observer 27/10/08
      127.   persian kitty 06:32  |  farhad 27/10/08
      128.   Clickfool and British subs 06:33  |  Paul O 27/10/08
      129.   America under Bush does not want peace 06:38  |  it was not necessary 27/10/08
      130.   # 73 Viper 06:42  |  Jim 27/10/08
      131.   #125 Mark Lincoln. Spoken like a true lefty. 06:51  |  Bling Bling 27/10/08
      132.   what the hell where they thinking? 07:08  |  gostav 27/10/08
      133.   Stop The Big Lie Now! 07:15  |  Yosemite 27/10/08
      134.   #88, docD, they grabbed no one by the tail 07:45  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      135.   #105, CHANAHS, let me get this right 07:52  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      136.   # 10 to uncle sam re: "foreign fighters" 07:58  |  eric 27/10/08
      137.   Maronite, I have a better solution 08:05  |  Sunni Lebanese 27/10/08
      138.   Ehud Olmert has rehabilitate Assad?s image? 08:10  |  Jean Van Daem 27/10/08
      139.   Striking a blow in an unwinnable war. To what end? 08:18  |  Natallie Durson 27/10/08
      140.   Americans are going to be in the streets protesting... 08:30  |  Dutch 27/10/08
      141.   TOTALLY AGREE WITH # 4 08:37  |  Fauna 27/10/08
      142.   Insurgent rat-lines....lessons learned 08:38  |  allang 27/10/08
      143.   Syria: "outrageous crime" 08:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      144.   British subs and American missiles 08:51  |  Capt Ahab 27/10/08
      145.   RE: #139 Striking a blow in an unwinnable war. To what end? 08:59  |  Capt Ahab 27/10/08
      146.   Keep reserving your rights Bashar Al Wahsh, you are no Al Assad 09:15  |  Genuine Tosefta 27/10/08
      147.   This will be another free gift for Syria 09:16  |  Johnboy 27/10/08
      148.   A NEW WAR TO HELP MCCAIN 09:29  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      149.   # 123 to mark lincoln re: lies 09:34  |  eric 27/10/08
      150.   To Dutch Berk 09:38  |  Dave 27/10/08
      151.   VIPER 135 09:39  |  ChanahS 27/10/08
      152.   For the foggy mind of docH # 68 09:41  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      153.   For Dick Cheney # 70 09:45  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      154.   For docH again # 76 09:47  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      155.   Roman Empire = American Empire 09:47  |  Gregor 27/10/08
      156.   And we have more than the whole ME 09:49  |  Gregor 27/10/08
      157.   #140 dumb doris.........GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF woman??? 09:50  |  Joe Moer 27/10/08
      158.   Question for Ari ben Yisrael # 78 09:50  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      159.   Insurgent rat-lines....lessons learned 09:50  |  allang 27/10/08
      160.   Did you say rogue state ? 09:51  |  Jamie 27/10/08
      161.   Syria called it an "OUTRAGEOUS CRIME" 09:52  |  David Nigel Braham 27/10/08
      162.   For Johnnymac in Ireland # 106 09:54  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      163.   Should have be done a long time ago 09:55  |  maurice 27/10/08
      164.   Syria, Nazibulla friends should be destroyed 09:56  |  Jean 27/10/08
      165.   This criminal act against Syria 10:00  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      166.   #149, eric, excellent post 10:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      167.   ClickFOOL 10:30  |  Michael 27/10/08
      168.   VIPER the Australian (#80) probably doesn`t know that 10:31  |  Gil 27/10/08
      169.   #164, JEAN, go ahead destroy away 10:31  |  VIPER 27/10/08
      170.   VIPER or little asp? 10:32  |  Michael 27/10/08
      171.   # 129 it was not necessary; but it was OHHHH so "good"! 10:32  |  eric 27/10/08
      172.   JOHNBOY Syria does not have to "retaliate" 10:43  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
      173.   VIPER (#135) Haaaaaaaa Haaaaa Haaa (short for LOL) 10:57  |  Gil 27/10/08
      174.   `Thank God for the US`, says Assad. 11:07  |  Charles Smyth 27/10/08
      175.   Farhad 11:10  |  Persian Kitty 27/10/08
      176.   #94 Jon. U.S. Military recruitment tactics. 11:19  |  Maureen Ann 27/10/08
      177.   #172 I see, PETER SM... 11:28  |  Johnboy 27/10/08
      178.   #149 I agree, excellent post 11:33  |  Peter Williams 27/10/08
      179.   Terro aganist Syria 11:50  |  Global Citizen 27/10/08
      180.   NO JOHNBOY You do not see. 12:05  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
      181.   MAUREEN Hamas recruitment tactics,child martyrdom etc 12:12  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
      182.   123 Mark Lincoln, Re: acting worse than the terrorists 12:24  |  Dutch 27/10/08
      183.   To #137 Sunni Lebanese, plus an UPDATE on why the attack took pl 12:26  |  Maronite 27/10/08
      184.   AFTER NOVEMBER 4, 2008 12:46  |  Indrajaya 27/10/08
      185.   The Choice is Syria`s 12:50  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      186.   #180 petersm still not getting it. 13:04  |  Labhras 27/10/08
      187.   #172 petersm not a clue 13:12  |  Labhras 27/10/08
      188.   Syria is still reserving the right to respond to Israel 13:14  |  x-ray 27/10/08
      189.   #123 Mark Lincoln...don`t be a total loon 13:21  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      190.   This is an illegal action all the rest is ... 13:33  |  Marco 27/10/08
      191.   Mark of Lewiston 13:35  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      192.   #179 Global Jerk.....take a look at your own 13:36  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      193.   Lynn - the US Constitution 13:41  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      194.   YOSEMITE 13:53  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      195.   Syria to respond? 13:58  |  Brod 27/10/08
      196.   Article I, Section 8 14:06  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      197.   #92 Mark of Lewiston...what a bunch of bull 14:19  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      198.   #193 Mark Lincoln...no one is declaring war 14:22  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      199.   The U.S. Had Better Present The Evidence 14:38  |  Jeff Northridge 27/10/08
      200.   Mark Lincoln.....I doubt the US Military is partisan 14:45  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      201.   #191 Mark Lincoln....Biden said much the same 14:46  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      202.   To #190 Marco also to Israeli readers 14:48  |  Maronite 27/10/08
      203.   I don`t understand 14:54  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
      204.   Maronite 14:59  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
      205.   Jimmy 15:02  |  lady from USA 27/10/08
      206.   Enough to keep Mr.Ahmadenijad in bed. 15:05  |  Stephen. 27/10/08
      207.   Persian Kitty 15:10  |  Abuya 27/10/08
      208.   The US has a strong info before the action 15:17  |  Abuya 27/10/08
      209.   We never got the info. promissed about Mugniah and other 15:25  |  Abuya 27/10/08
      210.   Well said Marco 190! 15:26  |  ClearCut 27/10/08
      211.   Sunni lebanese 15:30  |  ClearCut 27/10/08
      212.   #193 Mark Lincoln ...About the Constitution 15:31  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      213.   #194 Jeff Northridge....I`ve also read there 15:34  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      214.   #196 Mark Lincoln....yes, indeed 15:41  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      215.   Honest people? 15:44  |  Syper Cynic 27/10/08
      216.   The US should have bomb Syria a long time ago 15:54  |  maurice 27/10/08
      217.   # 212, LYNN 16:00  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      218.   #9 Be careful what you wish for, it will come true. 16:02  |  John Allen 27/10/08
      219.   Cowards are not Syrians, cowards are the rest of Arab regimes 16:02  |  Cerdic 27/10/08
      220.   NO MUSLIMS WILL FORGET THIS KILLING FOREVER 16:06  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      221.   Mark Lincoln # 193 You And Your Conspiracy Theory 16:09  |  Jeff Northridge 27/10/08
      222.   # 206, STEPHEN 16:10  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      223.   America 2008 or "smart bombs" don`t guarantee "smart politics"... 16:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/10/08
      224.   To Lynn 16:20  |  Global Citizen 27/10/08
      225.   Assad responding in a proper way? ...hah! 16:20  |  Avi 27/10/08
      226.   Another great example of "American values". 16:30  |  Toronto`s Finest 27/10/08
      227.   #206, God only knows ! 16:34  |  Gary 27/10/08
      228.   #199 Jeff N..If Anyone Thinks The US Will Go to this Lenghts For 16:35  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      229.   For Dick Cheney # 70 16:39  |  Cliclfool 27/10/08
      230.   ther Marquis of Queensbury would have his arse kicked today... 16:40  |  PL 27/10/08
      231.   #217 INDY...I have never said, not once, Obama 16:49  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      232.   #224 global Citizen...bye 16:50  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      233.   # 9 Joe.....exactly right 16:54  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      234.   They got a taste of their own medecine..... 17:01  |  maurice 27/10/08
      235.   Stephen # 206 It`s A Warning 17:02  |  Jeff Northridge 27/10/08
      236.   Cliclfool #229 17:10  |  Cyper Cynic 27/10/08
      237.   # 231, LYNN 17:21  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      238.   #223 swiss miss 17:21  |  rob 27/10/08
      239.   First the Israelis and now the US :o) 17:25  |  Murray of Montreal 27/10/08
      240.   Why not Kathy? #228 17:34  |  Roo 27/10/08
      241.   Mark Lincoln et al...Iraq defends US strike 17:35  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      242.   #30 Cliky always bringing Israel into the equasion 17:35  |  Big Sur 27/10/08
      243.   Syria is ready to respond !! by mail? by phone ?? 17:39  |  Jean 27/10/08
      244.   #237 Indy ....Both Houses of Congress 17:40  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      245.   Await to see CNN walking around freely ??dream on 17:40  |  maurice 27/10/08
      246.   # 238, ROB 17:42  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      247.   What if Syria does nothing? 17:47  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      248.   Clickfool comments 17:49  |  Miransky 27/10/08
      249.   News Flash! 17:51  |  Jeff Northridge 27/10/08
      250.   # 244, LYNN 17:51  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      251.   #246 Indy....the Swiss have their own domestic 17:53  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      252.   #242 Big Sur 17:57  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/10/08
      253.   Israel is the light to the nations . 17:58  |  TOMY 27/10/08
      254.   #219 Cerdic....they don`t like Syria and Iran 17:59  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      255.   Mark Lincoln, Re: Syria`s choice to respond... 18:06  |  Dutch 27/10/08
      256.   #223 Swiss , your observation would be right 18:07  |  TOMY 27/10/08
      257.   To Mark - #247 18:10  |  Yo 27/10/08
      258.   #193, MarkL, only congress can declare war 18:12  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      259.   Impeach Bush and his VP 18:13  |  Ed 27/10/08
      260.   #250 Indy....with one small exception 18:16  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      261.   Lynn #244 on socialism and other assorted absurdities 18:17  |  Roo 27/10/08
      262.   #249, Jeff Northridge, GREAT NEWS 18:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      263.   #249 Jeff Northridge....yes indeed 18:19  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      264.   Maronite 18:19  |  Abeer 27/10/08
      265.   3165 Clicky....the jihadists are killing British troops 18:22  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      266.   #247, Mark, stop the conspiracy theories 18:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      267.   # 246 indrajaya, really no reason to be scared of Robbi + Co..... 18:24  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/10/08
      268.   #240 Roo..."connivance of the South Vietnamese 18:32  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      269.   My America has been corrupted 18:34  |  eddie stinson 27/10/08
      270.   Lynn #260 `who hates poor folks` 18:39  |  Roo 27/10/08
      271.   # 256 TOMY 18:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/10/08
      272.   US attack 18:49  |  Col [Res] Cohen 27/10/08
      273.   #270 Roo.....I guess the lies about Viet Nam 18:51  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      274.   Roo...try not being a race baiter 19:06  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      275.   # 266 Cipora JK...exactly right 100% 19:08  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      276.   Compensation 19:11  |  Syrian 27/10/08
      277.   Lynn #268 -stay on topic 19:12  |  Roo 27/10/08
      278.   Indrajaya 19:15  |  Yosemite 27/10/08
      279.   SYRIAN HUMBUG 19:20  |  Ian 27/10/08
      280.   BREAKING NEWS! 19:23  |  indrajaya 27/10/08
      281.   #250 Indrajaya..News for you,to swallow if you care. 19:24  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      282.   Naw, the attack was by US forces Vik 19:25  |  Mark Lincoln 27/10/08
      283.   Lynn #268 -stay on topic 19:29  |  Roo 27/10/08
      284.   U. S. Attack 19:46  |  Pervis Casey 27/10/08
      285.   #29 Stephen mon cher ami..Pas du tout! 19:48  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      286.   #193, I`m not Aware of any War with Syria 19:51  |  Gary 27/10/08
      287.   #281 Kathy....he also states (Obama) that 19:52  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      288.   #276 Syrian.....which gov should be paid? 19:56  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      289.   #243 Jean Syria is ready to respond !! by mail? by phone?NO By. 19:59  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      290.   Kathy #281 20:10  |  Chet 27/10/08
      291.   #289, Kathy 20:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      292.   Syria/U.S. -- Let the chips fall where they may 20:14  |  Angel 27/10/08
      293.   Re: Compensation 20:16  |  Angel 27/10/08
      294.   What if Syria crossed into US and did the same? 20:16  |  Me 27/10/08
      295.   Reply to No. 243 20:20  |  Angel 27/10/08
      296.   All Syrian should do is `grin and bear it`! 20:22  |  Jacques 27/10/08
      297.   To Chet 20:23  |  Angel 27/10/08
      298.   #252 Chris , Sorry not true, Israel; is its own Soverieign state 20:29  |  Big Sur 27/10/08
      299.   Me 294 20:31  |  ChanahS 27/10/08
      300.   Chet#290 I DON`T THINK OBAMA`S IN KANSAS ANY MORE.... 20:32  |  Ian 27/10/08
      301.   Angel 20:33  |  Chet 27/10/08
      302.   #249 Jeff N..Wonderful News Thanks.Pity Our TV is 20:34  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      303.   #2195 Salut Jacques a Toronto, je suis d`accords avec vous 20:34  |  Robert/ Montreal 27/10/08
      304.   Dear Persian kitty 20:43  |  Big Sur 27/10/08
      305.   A Construction Site? why it is not! 20:45  |  FOX 27/10/08
      306.   Wrong, Chet 20:45  |  Angel 27/10/08
      307.   #140 Dutch 20:46  |  Marc 27/10/08
      308.   #284 P.Casey..Hardly at this time.Bush is too busy trying to sort 20:47  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      309.   More to: Chet 20:49  |  Angel 27/10/08
      310.   Cipora Gullible Kohn #266 20:59  |  Roo 27/10/08
      311.   FOX 21:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      312.   FOX-joke post #305 21:03  |  Bob the Builder 27/10/08
      313.   Dear SWISS (Dino) #223 21:12  |  Gil 27/10/08
      314.   For Cliclfool (sic) # 229 21:14  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      315.   For Miransky # 248 21:16  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      316.   Lynn loves to see kids and women get killed 21:19  |  Roo 27/10/08
      317.   Syrian Attack 21:34  |  Glen davis 27/10/08
      318.   SWISS (Dino) #223 21:35  |  Gil 27/10/08
      319.   To: Roo 21:47  |  Angel 27/10/08
      320.   The USA should never have been in Iraq to begin with 21:58  |  Labhras 27/10/08
      321.   this retaliation would make great viewing while it lasts 22:05  |  zionist forever 27/10/08
      322.   Lynn #214 Your troops should never have been there 22:05  |  Labhras 27/10/08
      323.   Roo # 310 What Do You Want? 22:06  |  Jeff Northridge 27/10/08
      324.   #316 Roo...working for the Syrians? 22:11  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      325.   #310, "syrians claim" 22:16  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/08
      326.   Syrian Press attache in london Mr Jihad... 22:19  |  Aron 27/10/08
      327.   Angel in NY....it isn`t fair 22:21  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      328.   The Syrian Response 22:24  |  Jeff Northridge 27/10/08
      329.   #312 Bob the Builder....One of the reasons 22:24  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      330.   #312 Bob the Builder. FOX is shaking in his boots now! 22:25  |  Jacques 27/10/08
      331.   Raids against US army in Iraq 22:36  |  John 27/10/08
      332.   Angel #309 22:37  |  Chet 27/10/08
      333.   # 313 No, Gil, your post was not offensive at all..... 22:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/10/08
      334.   More to Angel 22:43  |  Chet 27/10/08
      335.   Poor Clickfool. Wrong as usual. 22:48  |  leo 27/10/08
      336.   compensation #276 22:53  |  jason 27/10/08
      337.   #310 Gullible Roo..Don`t they allways say? 22:59  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      338.   ROO.YOU do not like to see women & children killed?? 23:07  |  PETER SM 27/10/08
      339.   #318 John **Raids and your presumption of the sleeping enemy? 23:09  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      340.   #322 Labrhas....me and my ilk 23:15  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      341.   israel and us try to drag Syria into a war 23:16  |  mehmet 27/10/08
      342.   #264, Abeer. "Where did the Maronites originally come from?" 23:22  |  Maronite 27/10/08
      343.   #328 Jeff Northridge *It Is All Too Pathetic* 23:25  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      344.   For Leo # 335 23:27  |  Clickfool 27/10/08
      345.   Mark Lincoln. What a wuss. 23:33  |  leo 27/10/08
      346.   #316 Roo..what have you done to better the world 23:33  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      347.   Swiss (Dino) Assad offered talks and they talked 23:34  |  David Israel 27/10/08
      348.   U.S. vs. Syrian casualties scoreboard 23:45  |  Just D. Facts 27/10/08
      349.   #341 Hey Mehmet.You cannot distabilize a country that IS.. 23:45  |  Kathy 27/10/08
      350.   Bob the builder 312 23:52  |  ChanahS 27/10/08
      351.   #339 Say Kath, come on, Kath 23:53  |  ballistic 27/10/08
      352.   #338 PETER SM...."self appointed guardians 23:55  |  Lynn 27/10/08
      353.   #340 Say Cupcake, Lynn 23:55  |  ballistic 27/10/08
      354.