# Syria Claims US Helicopters Attacked Syrian Farm

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**Created:** [October 27, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-claims-us-helicopters-attacked-syrian-farm/469702 "2008-10-27T00:50:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-claims-us-helicopters-attacked-syrian-farm/469702/1 "2008-10-27T00:50:15Z")

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[The US military is currently denying any involvement in the attack.](http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49P2N520081026?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews)

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> U.S. military helicopters attacked a farm in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border on Sunday, killing eight civilians, including five members of the same family, Syria said.
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> The Syrian Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. charge d’affaires in Damascus to protest over raid, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported after state television said U.S. soldiers stormed a building in the area during the raid.
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> “Syria condemns this aggressive act and holds American forces responsible for this aggression and all of its repercussions,” SANA said, quoting a government official. The Iraqi charge d’affaires had also been summoned.

So, did we or did we not attack them? If we _didn’t_, then what’s Syria’s objective in making such a story up? Did they attack a group of rabblerousers and decide to pin the blame on the US? Or is it a complete fabrication?

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-claims-us-helicopters-attacked-syrian-farm/469702/2 "2008-10-27T02:16:01Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap\_on\_re\_mi\_ea/ml\_syria\_us\_raid](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria_us_raid)

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> A U.S. military official said the raid by special forces targeted the network of al-Qaida-linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq. The Americans have been unable to shut the network down in the area struck because Syria was out of the military’s reach.

I’m confused, myself.