3 Killed Outside U.S. Embassy in Syria (1 Viewer)

[Tashah]

By ALBERT AJI
Associated Press Writer
Published September 12, 2006, 5:42 AM CDT

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in a brazen attack Tuesday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives, the government said. Syrian security forces killed three of the attackers.

The assailants apparently did not breach the high walls surrounding the white embassy compound in a diplomatic neighborhood of Damascus. But a Chinese diplomat was slightly injured by a stray bullet during the attack, China's government news agency said.

A witness said one Syrian guard outside the embassy also was killed, but the government did not immediately confirm that. At the embassy in Damascus, as at most American embassies worldwide, a local guard force patrols outside the compound's walls while U.S. Marine guards are mostly responsible for guarding classified documents and fighting off attackers inside the compound.

Witnesses also said the gunmen tried to throw hand grenades into the embassy compound, shouting "Allah Akbar!" or "God is great!" It was not clear if any of the grenades made it over the walls, which are about 8 feet high.

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3 Killed Outside U.S. Embassy in Syria

 

[cherokee]

By ALBERT AJI
Associated Press Writer
Published September 12, 2006, 5:42 AM CDT



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3 Killed Outside U.S. Embassy in Syria

Thank god they were stopped!

Hmm 10 reads and no replies?....
I really, really wonder about my country sometimes Tashah. I feel its becoming sin to use Islam and bombing in the same sentence.

I guess yelling "Allah Akbar!" before you blow yourself up or start shooting people really means "will you have tea with me".........:roll:

 

[mixedmedia]

Can't say I'm surprised, but I'm glad they were prevented from doing more harm than they did.

And, you know me, I'd like to express my sympathy for the family of the Syrian security worker who lost his life defending the embassy against his own countrymen. We can't really afford to lose many people like that.

 

[Goobieman]

I guess yelling "Allah Akbar!" before you blow yourself up or start shooting people really means "will you have tea with me".........:roll:

Its clear to anyone with a brain that these people would not have done this had that damn GWB not invaded Iraq.

:roll:

 

[mixedmedia]

Thank god they were stopped!

Hmm 10 reads and no replies?....
I really, really wonder about my country sometimes Tashah. I feel its becoming sin to use Islam and bombing in the same sentence.

I guess yelling "Allah Akbar!" before you blow yourself up or start shooting people really means "will you have tea with me".........:roll:

You've got to be kidding me with that statement. :roll:

 

[Kandahar]

Tragic, but maybe something good can come from it. This may be a chance for the United States to improve its relations with Syria by launching a joint investigation into what happened and sharing the evidence with each other.

 

[cherokee]

Tragic, but maybe something good can come from it. This may be a chance for the United States to improve its relations with Syria by launching a joint investigation into what happened and sharing the evidence with each other.

hmmm nothing against you kandahar but do you mean the same Syria the supports the Hezbollah by helping Iran smuggler weapons into Lebanon?

I wouldn’t hold my breath on this one improving our relations very much...

 

[cherokee]

You've got to be kidding me with that statement. :roll:

not at all.........when the news broke I read several islamic sites which stated by Muslins and non muslins "I bet they blame this on Muslims again". Even at work this am I overheard a guy saying "Everytime a bomb goes off they blame Islam".

I asked him if it was really the Swiss doing all the suicide bombings around the world?

 

[Kandahar]

hmmm nothing against you kandahar but do you mean the same Syria the supports the Hezbollah by helping Iran smuggler weapons into Lebanon?

Yes, that one. We obviously have bigger fish to fry than invading Syria, economic/diplomatic sanctions don't work, and publicly antagonizing them doesn't seem to be going anywhere. So what other options are there? I think there's a chance that we can separate the Syrian middleman from the Iran-Hezbollah axis if we play our cards right. But if we're to do that, we need to cooperate with them rather than antagonize them.