Reply #33: We've already started ops in Syria... [View All]

[spuddonna]

see this link...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5110277&mesg_id=5110277

And here's a NYTimes article that talks about the 'incursions'...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/15/politics/15syria.html?hp&ex=1129348800&en=636231786980e5e8&ei=5094&partner=homepage
excerpt:
"The firefight, between Army Rangers and Syrian troops along the border with Iraq, was the most serious of the conflicts with President Bashar al-Assad's forces, according to American and Syrian officials.

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One of Mr. Bush's most senior aides, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the subject, said that so far American military forces in Iraq had moved right up to the border to cut off the entry of insurgents, but he insisted that they had refrained from going over it.

But other officials, who say they got their information in the field or by talking to Special Operations commanders, say that as American efforts to cut off the flow of fighters have intensified, the operations have spilled over the border - sometimes by accident, sometimes by design.

Some current and former officials add that the United States military is considering plans to conduct special operations inside Syria, using small covert teams for cross-border intelligence gathering."