Rage over troops boils on border

[Judi Lynn]

Rage over troops boils on border

By Dexter Filkins
The New York Times
Posted July 15 2003

ALHERI, Syria · On this desolate stretch of desert on the Iraqi frontier, tensions with U.S. soldiers just across the border are running so high, Syrian soldiers say, that four villagers have been shot by U.S. troops in the past month.

Soldiers guarding the Syrian side of the border said U.S. troops shot to death two cousins, one Iraqi and one Syrian, as they crossed into Iraqi territory about three weeks ago. Since then, the Syrian soldiers said two other civilians had been wounded in separate incidents this month. The Syrians said U.S. helicopters and planes routinely violate Syrian airspace while patrolling the frontier.

The events described at this Syrian border post are the latest incidents that have unfolded along the frontier, including the U.S. attack, on June 18th, on a convoy suspected of ferrying loyalists of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

That incident, which occurred along a smugglers' route about 30 miles away, and the others, are apparently being fueled by an intense rage for the U.S. presence in the villages that straddle the Syrian-Iraqi border. Among the evidence for that anger are videos circulating through the villages exhorting viewers to attack the U.S. troops in Iraq. (snip/...)

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sfl-asyria15jul15,0,5715712.story?coll=sfla-news-nationworld

[CALRAIDER]

1. CALRAIDER

It will always shock me how we beat up on IRAQ which was completely flaccid and let SYRIA off the hook, when if we had kicked there ass into the sea the whole region would have been better off. I actually had a freeper at work this morning say that SADAAM was more dangerous that North Korea because we didnt know IF SADAAM had nukes, HUH?

[Paschall]

2. Oh?

"...if we had kicked there ass into the sea the whole region would have been better off..."

Have you got some intelligence analysis on that scenario to share?

[DeathvadeR]

3. I'll agree WHAAAAAAAA?

Im confussed about that one.

It just goes to show you how lame the US military is, they continue to kill more innocent unarmed civilian people then they do actual military threats. Innocent Afghans, Iraqies , Iranians , now syrians... Go to Hell, Go Directely to HEll, Do not collect your eternal reward.

[CALRAIDER]

6. CALRAIDER

Sure i have, I know that region and anyone that studies the region knows that Syria is where a the bulk of the terrorist come from. Ill go you one better. Do you know what country the BAATH Party started in? "Syria". The are troublemakers to the 10th degree. Im not arguing the merits or the war with IRAQ, Im simply stating that SYria is a much bigger threat. Ask some of the troops when they come back where the trouble makers are coming from. Later Gator.

[mmm]

4. You are dead wrong:

A strong Syria is essential in the Palestinian fight for freedom.

[underpants]

5. Hearts and minds hearts and minds

"We aren't sure who the enemy is.....so I figure everyone is the enemy" US Army soldier this morning on a report on the Today Show.