This election year's October surprise…
… courtesy of U.S. special forces
Ta-da! Special Forces to the rescue of the McCain campaign. Stay tuned for calls for "the military leader we need in a time of war." Photo: CC/James Gordon
U.S. military helicopters attacked territory inside Syria close to its border with Iraq Sunday, killing eight people in a strike the Syrian government condemned as “serious aggression.”
A U.S. military official said the raid by special forces targeted the foreign fighter network that travels through Syria into Iraq in an area where the Americans have been unable to shut it down because it was out of the military’s reach.
“We are taking matters into our own hands,” the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of cross-border raids.
