YOU CANNOT BE SYRIA'S

A US helicopter strike in Syria killed eight civilians and wounded fourteen others in an attack near the Abu-Kamal area, by the Iraqi border on Monday (27th). The US claims to have killed a major Al-Qaeda operative and targeted a “robust foreign fighter logistic network.”

Syria describe those killed as construction workers and children.

An unnamed military official said that the US was “taking matters into their own hands”. This raid is the first known attack by US forces inside Syrian territory, coming after a string of air strikes on the Pakistan-Afghan border earlier this year, one of which lead to civilian deaths at a school.
The actions of the US also may jeopardise (or may have been meant to jeopardise) Israel’s indirect peace talks with Syria, despite the Israelis trying to distance themselves from this attack (they merely attacked Syria last year!)

With the the US’s consistent commitment to cause instability in the Middle East, who’s brave enough to predict any major change in tactics even if Obama does gets voted in next week?

To read transcriptions from Al-Jazeera on the Syrian strike, see Television Without Borders www.linktv.org/mosiac