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November 26, 2005
Well now. . . .ther's shootin' in Syria
DEBKAfile is reporting that Syrian and U.S. forces engaged each other with both sides taking casualties:
Syria claims US forces suffered 11 casualties in a Syrian-US clash Thursday night, Nov. 24 – without clarifying whether they meant dead or wounded. . .Internal Syrian communications channels report Syrian “Desert Guards” border units fought US Marines who crossed into Syria at a point west of al Qaim. They also claimed 30 Syrian casualties.
DEBKAfile’s military sources report the battle took place at the Syrian-Iraqi border town of Abu Kemal. US forces were in hot pursuit of a group of al Qaeda operatives who fled across to Syria in escape an American attack pinning them down in Mosul. The US military delivered Syria an ultimatum to hand the terrorists over. The American pursuit continued Friday when Syria failed to respond.
DEBKA is an interesting source for news, sometimes they drop the ball, but more often than not they seem to be about 24 to 36 hours ahead of the American MSM.
Israpundit noticed it too (as did The Commissar and others). Technically I'm a day behind on this one, but I'm not finding much info past what DEBKA reported. Anyone else out there have any other info?
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at November 26, 2005 10:44 PM
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