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Lebanon denounces US raid in Syria as 'dangerous'
Oct 27, 2008, 16:37 GMT
Beirut - Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Seniora denounced Monday the US helicopter-borne commando raid in Syria which allegedly targeted the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents streaming into Iraq.
According to Syria, eight people, including a married couple and their four children were killed in the raid on a building in the village of Al-Sukkariya, some eight kilometres from the country's border with Iraq.
'The raid by US helicopters on Syrian territory ... constitutes a violation of Syrian sovereignty and thus is a dangerous, unacceptable attack that we condemn,' a statement from Seniora's office said.
'Any military attack against an Arab country or on a small country by a larger country is an act we reject,' the statement added.
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh also condemned the raid, rejecting it as a violation of international law.
The Syrian government described the raid as 'serious aggression' and said a civilian building under construction had been targeted.
Witnesses have told of at least four helicopters having flown along the Euphrates river into the area of farms and brick factories.
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SP4:Oct 27th, 2008 - 17:34:39
'Any military attack against an Arab country or on a small country by a larger country is an act we reject,' the statement added. '
I guess the Prime Minister can remove Assad's finger from his ass now.
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