What next for US-Syria relations? - Inside Story - Oct 29 2008 - part 2

Syria has ordered the closure of the American School and the US cultural centre in Damascus. The closures are a response to a deadly cross-border raid carried out on Sunday, October 26, 2008. Damascus blames the US for the attack on a Syrian village near Abu Kamal, close to the border with Iraq.

Syria called the raid criminal and terrorist aggression, while Washington called it a successful operation. Eight Syrians were killed in a US raid on the village of Sukariya.

We ask: Is the Bush administration trying to make a desperate point in its final days? Is it warning Syria, or is the US foreign policy likely to change with the new administration?

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News & Politics

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• US-Syria
• relations
• Damascus
• Abu
• Kamal
• Sukariya
• Bush
• Administration

[TheAuspicious]

David Schenker, what a bullshiter saying that this was a decision from commanders in Iraq.

You think that they have a green light to attack Seria when it can't go into Pakistan??

If it was up to them (military commander), the war in afghan would already have spread in Pakistan. Does this guy think people are as dumb as he is or what??

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

Something tells me the right-wingers are hoping for an October Surprise. If the gov. tells the public that they're going to war with Syria, people will vote for McCain because they'll think McCain will protect them (where as Obama wants diplomacy, not war). This whole thing is about power.

[tbone301969]

what are the human rights like in syria ? i love the histroy of syria america should get along syria

[resunmoon]

¡Totalmente de acuerdo! I am agree!

[mogilny89p]

Iraq is going to put the new occupation agreement deal up for referendum vote by their people. The irony is that they have more democracy than we do. Here they pass bills like the bailout that 95% of the people are against. In a democracy people vote on laws and governmental actions, not on who gets to make them.

[GradStud28]

You're absolutely right. It's important for everyone to realize that the American people *do not* support this!

[ZYahood]

The world will be a better place without the USA and Israel.

[taysirk]

did you get that Syria wants diplomacy... listen to what he says at the end.

Is your statement what bush admin wants you to believe.

[taysirk]

The Bush Administration should pay for there war crimes. and David I hope you can live with your conscience.

bush admin you are animals.

[prizby]

this american guy is an idiot

he accepts the attack. Anytime an suicide bomber blows himself up and they kill 8 ppl, one of them being a military figure, its a terrorist attack. This time the US attacked killed 8 ppl (apparenlty one being a terrorist) but innocent civilians were also killed in this attack and this is not terrorism...what a bullshit policy

[mogilny89p]

Is there a single person in Iraq that supports this? If there was I would like to see that person interviewed. I assure you that most if not all of the intelligent educated people of the United States do not support this. For them to be over there for more than five years and suddenly decide to do this a week before Bush becomes a lame duck is the story. Obviously it is a disgrace to all military what happened to those people. Military funding is what this has all been about since before 911.

[Barthek]

Syria is gonna open the flood gate to the arming of the Iraqi resistence forces, like they have in Lebenon, and a lot of American forces will die as a result.