Sending 4 copters into Syria killing at least 8.

Condolences on the loss of your friends.

Quote:DAMASCUS, Syria - U.S. military helicopters attacked an area along Syria's border with Iraq on Sunday, causing casualties, Syrian state TV and witnesses said.

The television report quoted unnamed Syrian officials and said the area is near the Syrian border town of Abu Kamal. It gave no other details.

Local residents told The Associated Press by telephone that two helicopters carrying U.S. soldiers raided a farm in the village of Hwijeh, 10 miles inside Syria's border, killing seven people and wounding five. One of the witnesses said five of the dead were from a single family.

An official Syrian spokesman confirmed the attack, saying eight were killed.

The residents refused to allow their names to be given because they feared they would be harassed by authorities.

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.

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

Which helicopter was Bush piloting?

smn1256 Wrote:

Quote:DAMASCUS, Syria - U.S. military helicopters attacked an area along Syria's border with Iraq on Sunday, causing casualties, Syrian state TV and witnesses said.

The television report quoted unnamed Syrian officials and said the area is near the Syrian border town of Abu Kamal. It gave no other details.

Local residents told The Associated Press by telephone that two helicopters carrying U.S. soldiers raided a farm in the village of Hwijeh, 10 miles inside Syria's border, killing seven people and wounding five. One of the witnesses said five of the dead were from a single family.

An official Syrian spokesman confirmed the attack, saying eight were killed.

The residents refused to allow their names to be given because they feared they would be harassed by authorities.

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.

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

Which helicopter was Bush piloting?

None. He tries to avoid combat. He just sends in others.

BTW, Palin a MILF? Man, you have bad taste in women.

Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

RobertN Wrote:Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

Condolences on any losses you may have suffered for that as well.

Clearly this is a tough day for you.

Ninerfan1 Wrote:Condolences on the loss of your friends.

That might be the post of the year....

blah Wrote:

Ninerfan1 Wrote:Condolences on the loss of your friends.

That might be the post of the year....

Well, I am glad you guys enjoy killing people to get McCain elected.

RobertN Wrote:Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

Before it was "Bush," now it's "we." Are you finally on board in the fight against terrorists?

RobertN Wrote:Which helicopter was Bush piloting?

None. He tries to avoid combat. He just sends in others.
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That's an endorsement for McCain, ain't it?

RobertN Wrote:BTW, Palin a MILF? Man, you have bad taste in women.

Lemme guess - you pump blood into your man stick when you see Hillary, Whoopi, Rosie, Ellen, etc.

smn1256 Wrote:Lemme guess - you pump blood into your man stick when you see Hillary, Whoopi, Rosie, Ellen, etc.

Only when his Al Jezeera reception isn't very good.

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

Before it was "Bush," now it's "we." Are you finally on board in the fight against terrorists?

I guess "we" meant as a nation which is run by Bush and the Dick.

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:Which helicopter was Bush piloting?

None. He tries to avoid combat. He just sends in others.

That's an endorsement for McCain, ain't it?

RobertN Wrote:BTW, Palin a MILF? Man, you have bad taste in women.

Lemme guess - you pump blood into your man stick when you see Hillary, Whoopi, Rosie, Ellen, etc.
[/quote]First, I admire McCain for actually fighting in a war but that doesn't mean I think his policies are correct(if it is possible to actually understand his policies since they change daily dpending to who he is pandering to that day).

As for Hillary etc. Never said I did. I just don't think the Palin conservative granny look is very hot but each has there opinion of "hot".

RobertN Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

Before it was "Bush," now it's "we." Are you finally on board in the fight against terrorists?

I guess "we" meant as a nation which is run by Bush and the Dick.

Do you think the order to fire came directly from Bush?

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

Before it was "Bush," now it's "we." Are you finally on board in the fight against terrorists?

I guess "we" meant as a nation which is run by Bush and the Dick.

Do you think the order to fire came directly from Bush?

Yes. But he got his orders from the Dick.

RobertN Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

Before it was "Bush," now it's "we." Are you finally on board in the fight against terrorists?

I guess "we" meant as a nation which is run by Bush and the Dick.

Do you think the order to fire came directly from Bush?

Yes. But he got his orders from the Dick.

Wow, I remember the good old days when the president got his orders from his wife.

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

RobertN Wrote:Looks like we just sent a missle from a drone into Pakistan too.

Before it was "Bush," now it's "we." Are you finally on board in the fight against terrorists?

I guess "we" meant as a nation which is run by Bush and the Dick.

Do you think the order to fire came directly from Bush?

Yes. But he got his orders from the Dick.

Wow, I remember the good old days when the president got his orders from his wife.

Bush had to sign off on it- since its cross border. DoD has confirmed the raid. No biggie... let the Syrians scream.. This raid was as much to take out the safe house as to convey a message to Assad to stop his BS in letting foreign fighters cross the border.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - U.S. military helicopters attacked territory inside Syria close to its border with Iraq Sunday, killing eight people in a strike the Syrian government condemned as "serious aggression."

A U.S. military official said the raid by special forces targeted the foreign fighter network that travels through Syria into Iraq in an area where the Americans have been unable to shut it down because it was out of the military's reach.

"We are taking matters into our own hands," the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of cross-border raids.

WMD Owl Wrote:"We are taking matters into our own hands,"

It's about friggin' time

smn1256 Wrote:

WMD Owl Wrote:"We are taking matters into our own hands,"

It's about friggin' time

At this moment the video techs at the DoD Public Affairs Office are editing the video feeds from the Predator Drones showing all the traffic going in and out of the building in time for tomorrow's Press Briefing.

This was a legit target, and probably confirmed by both electronic and human intelligence.

WMD Owl Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

WMD Owl Wrote:"We are taking matters into our own hands,"

It's about friggin' time

At this moment the video techs at the DoD Public Affairs Office are editing the video feeds from the Predator Drones showing all the traffic going in and out of the building in time for tomorrow's Press Briefing.

This was a legit target, and probably confirmed by both electronic and human intelligence.

Yeah. I can imagine how they are "editing" the video feeds.