Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Iraq over US raid

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Source: The Post (Pakistan)

DAMASCUS: Damascus has decided to cut off its diplomatic relations with Iraq in response to a deadly raid carried out by the U.S. on Syrian soil earlier this week.

Syria has also decided to reduce its troops on the border with Iraq, according to a report from Syrian television.

The Syrian government has demanded Washington apologize for the strike of the Abu Kamal border community and earlier this weeek threatened to cut off cooperation on Iraqi border security if there are more American raids on Syria territory ...

Read more: http://thepost.com.pk/ShortNewsT.aspx?shortid=7004&catid=1

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U.S. closes Damascus embassy
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The United States closed its embassy in Damascus, Syria, amid rising tensions and an increased security risk, officials said Friday. The move was the latest step in the fallout over a U.S. air attack in northern Syria last Sunday in which eight Syrians died. U.S. military officials said the fight took place as soldiers looked for smugglers of fighter planes into Iraq ... http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/31/US_closes_Damascus_embassy/UPI-33521225470288/


SYRIA: Still fuming over U.S. raid
... Syrian private media outlets are reporting that Syria may be withdrawing some of its military forces from the border ... Moreover, Syria has announced delaying a meeting on Nov. 11 between Syrian and Iraqi officials, which was supposed to lay the ground for a "historic" visit by the Syrian prime minister to Baghdad before the end of the year ... Syria announced it will close by the end of next week the American culture center and the American school in Damascus ... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/10/syria.html

[xchrom]

1. recommend -- neither the surge or betrayus is working. nt

[seemslikeadream]

2. Exclusive: Petraeus Wants to Go to Syria; Bush Administration Says No

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4339354

[LaPera]

3. Just what Bush wants agitate. incite & provoke Syria & Pakistan, they are itching for Iran..

These sick bastards want endless war for profit, oil and military dominance everywhere and they will do everything they can to create more of their psychopathic killing that they love so much.!

[dipsydoodle]

4. Hardly surprising

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