Syrian Ambassador Criticizes Suspected US Military Raid

Krista Giles
Oct. 31; 11:40 am

Syrian Ambassador Criticizes Suspected US Military Raid

Last Sunday, Oct. 26, there was an attack on Syrian village, Sukkariyah. U.S. Helicopters were seen attacking a group of people who were building a house. Two more helicopters were sent down to make sure everyone had been killed. In this group were a father and his four sons, a husband and wife, and a fisherman. Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador, has demanded an apology of the U.S. and Iraq for the raid he says is a “criminal, terrorist attack against unarmed, innocent civilians.” The Bush Administration who is at blame for this raid has neither confirmed nor denied the raid, however anonymous U.S. officials have said that the operation was targeting the leader of a smuggling network used to send foreign fighters, weapons and money to Iraq. None of the bodies in the attack have been independently identified. There is much mystery to this situation, from Moustapha’s point of view he sees this as an accident with odd timing, and it’s becoming more mysterious because Moustapha may be conscious of the “smuggling network” and covering it up. The U.S. commandos say that they killed men who they identified as the insurgent al-Qaida in Iraq, including Abu Ghadiyah. Moustapha points out that Syria and the U.S. have been meeting under good terms and the U.S. Army say they have had a dramatic decrease in foreign fighters coming across the Syrian Border to Iraq. Also, Moustapha seems to believe that the election may have a strong correlation to this raid in the sense that American voter’s can now be manipulated to change their attitudes about the election with the launching of the attack.

Source: VOA news