Syria appeals to UN over 'US raid'

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:18 PM EDT

Article Source: AL JAZEERA

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Amateur video footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows bodies of the victims of the US raid on Sukariya

Syria has lodged a formal complaint to the UN Security Council over a helicopter raid alleged to have been carried out by the US military on a village near the Iraqi border, Syria's state news agency has said.

A letter, sent on Tuesday to Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary-general, also asked the Security Council to prevent an infringement of Syrian sovereignty happening again.

"Syria draws attention to this aggressive act and expects the UN Security Council and member countries to assume their responsibility by preventing a repetition of this dangerous violation," the letter read.

It called for the Security Council "to hold the aggressor responsible for the deaths of the innocent Syrian nationals".

The letter comes two days after Syria said eight people had been killed in a US helicopter attack in the border village of Sukariya.

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Eric Albert

Outrageous. Even Iraq was forced to distance itself from the fascist American occupiers, for fear of being attacked by events they do not even control. Iraq has already told the NAZIS to get the hell out of IRAQ, but American Empire thinks it can continue to say Seig HEIL TO Bush, Congress, and the complicit judicial NAZIS, that are part of this corrupt KLEPTOCRACY.

What would Americans say if robot drones, and nazi aggressors flew into our country murdering its citizens. Where are you real Americans...??????

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#1 - Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:56 PM EDT

{"commentId":3755049,"authorDomain":"rahm"}

Nero420

Eric: great last point...how would the US handle the situation if the tables were turned? I would be willing to wager that we would not turn to the UN Security Council to handle the retribution.

If I remember correctly, a majority of the 9/11 highjackers were Syrian...we should have gone into Syria 7 years ago and left Iraq alone if our "leaders" were truly reacting to the WTC attack.

Time to clean house in Washington!

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1 vote

#2 - Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:20 AM EDT

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djd

The majority of the alleged 9/11 hijackers were Saudis, but that wouldn't stop the US invading Syria, just as it didn't stop it invading Iraq. Saudi Arabia on the other hand is a 'friend' of the US, so wouldn't get invaded whatever they did.

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1 vote

#2.1 - Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:12 PM EDT

{"commentId":3781199,"authorDomain":"rahm"}

Nero420

Thanks for the correction, djd...that makes sense...the inbred Bush clan and the House of Saud are in bed together, so that's why we didn't invade SA.

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1 vote

#3 - Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:51 AM EDT

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