maladroit
10-28-2008, 05:13 PM
the US raid on syria is illegal under the iraq constitution, but the iraq government is powerless to control it's foreign master
Iraq denounces U.S. raid into Syria
Raid into Syria killed top al-Qaeda operative: U.S. official
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
CBC News
Iraq's government has denounced a U.S. air strike that hit a farm and killed eight civilians in a community just inside the Syria border.
"The Iraqi government rejects U.S. aircraft bombarding posts inside Syria," said Ali al-Dabbagh, Iraq's chief spokesman.
Four U.S. helicopters attacked a compound Sunday in the Albou Kamal area of eastern Syria, about eight kilometres from the Iraq border. Eight civilians were killed, according to Syrian officials.
An American official said U.S. forces carried out a raid inside Syria to kill a top al-Qaeda operative in Iraq.
The operative, known as Abu Ghadiyah, was the leader of a network that moves foreign fighters linked to al-Qaeda into Iraq, and the United States was acting on information that he was planning to launch an attack in Iraq, the U.S. official told the Associated Press.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because the raid was classified, the official said Ghadiyah was killed.
But Syria has denied Ghadiyah was in the area where the raid occurred.
"What they are saying is just unjustified," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem told Reuters on Tuesday.
The Iraq constitution does not allow the country to be used as a staging ground to attack its neighbours, Dabbagh said.
Iraq has opened an investigation into the incident and is urging U.S. forces not to repeat cross-border attacks, he said.
Dabbagh said Iraq is also calling for a halt to insurgent activity in Syria.
Iraq "reiterates its demand to halt all activities of organizations that are using Syria as a staging ground to arm and train terrorists that are targeting Iraq," Dabbagh said.
Iraq denounces U.S. raid into Syria
Raid into Syria killed top al-Qaeda operative: U.S. official
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
CBC News
Iraq's government has denounced a U.S. air strike that hit a farm and killed eight civilians in a community just inside the Syria border.
"The Iraqi government rejects U.S. aircraft bombarding posts inside Syria," said Ali al-Dabbagh, Iraq's chief spokesman.
Four U.S. helicopters attacked a compound Sunday in the Albou Kamal area of eastern Syria, about eight kilometres from the Iraq border. Eight civilians were killed, according to Syrian officials.
An American official said U.S. forces carried out a raid inside Syria to kill a top al-Qaeda operative in Iraq.
The operative, known as Abu Ghadiyah, was the leader of a network that moves foreign fighters linked to al-Qaeda into Iraq, and the United States was acting on information that he was planning to launch an attack in Iraq, the U.S. official told the Associated Press.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because the raid was classified, the official said Ghadiyah was killed.
But Syria has denied Ghadiyah was in the area where the raid occurred.
"What they are saying is just unjustified," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem told Reuters on Tuesday.
The Iraq constitution does not allow the country to be used as a staging ground to attack its neighbours, Dabbagh said.
Iraq has opened an investigation into the incident and is urging U.S. forces not to repeat cross-border attacks, he said.
Dabbagh said Iraq is also calling for a halt to insurgent activity in Syria.
Iraq "reiterates its demand to halt all activities of organizations that are using Syria as a staging ground to arm and train terrorists that are targeting Iraq," Dabbagh said.