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Syria Claims US Attack

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

UPDATE: SANA – Syrian News reports on its English language site:

An official media source on Sunday announced that four US military helicopters at 4.45 p.m. violated the Syrian airspaces in al-Boukamal, with 8 KM depth at al-Sukariah Farm.

“The four helicopters launched aggression on a civilian building under construction and fired against the workers inside the building, among them the wife of the building guard, leading to the martyrdom of 8 citizens and wounding another… the aggressive helicopters later left for the Iraqi lands,” the Source added.

Google image of area of Iraq / Syria border near abu Kamal

The Euphrates river flows through this photo. The Iraqi town of al Qaim is right on the border though not name in the photo. Americans have struck targets in this area before.

BBC

Unidentified helicopters have carried out an attack inside Syria along its border with Iraq, Syrian media says.

The official Syrian news agency Sana said the raid took place in the Bou Kamal border area, in eastern Syria.

One report said that the helicopters were American, but there is no independent confirmation.

The Sana news agency quoted residents as saying that the attack targeted a house in the area in which a man and his four sons and two workers died.

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