Map shows the location of an American Special Forces raid inside Syria that U.S. officials say was executed with Syrian Intel support but which unintentionally resulted in civilian deaths and the killing of their target. (MCT via Newscom)From The Middle East Times:
In spite of much angry public protest in Damascus, last month's killing of top al-Qaida operative Abu Ghadiya, was in fact a joint operation between U.S. Special Forces in Iraq and Syrian intelligence, according to former and serving U.S. intelligence officials.
Abu Ghadiya, a smuggler who for years had moved money, weapons and insurgents into Iraq from Syria, was killed by a U.S. helicopter raid on Oct. 26. Seven civilians were killed with him, and the resulting furor was immediate: Russia and the Arab League strongly protested the raid, and Syria accused the United States of "criminal and terrorist aggression" and lodged an official protest, according to U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. Syria ordered the American School in Damascus closed.
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My Comment: Since the attack .... nothing. No investigation. No international condemnation. No limitation of U.S. forces in the region by the Iraqi Government. Nothing.
I guess that tells volumes of what actually happened that day.