Not surprisingly, the Syrian response to the American raid on Sunday promises violence and contradiction of their own policies:

“This administration … has proved to be irrational and they have no respect for international law or human rights. We expect a clarification, and of course Syria reserves the right to respond accordingly in the proper way,” Syria’s press attache in London, Jihad Makdissi, told the BBC.

The raid indicated the desert frontier between the two countries remains a key battleground, more than five years into the Iraq war. A U.S. military official, who confirmed the strike, said Sunday that the attack targeted elements of a robust foreign fighter logistics network and that due to Syrian inaction the U.S. was now “taking matters into our own hands.”

Makdissi condemned the attack, saying “if they (the U.S.) have any proof of any insurgency, instead of applying the law of the jungle and penetrating, unprovoked, a sovereign country, they should come to the Syrians first and share this information,” the BBC reported.

Human rights?  Don’t get me started on human rights violations, Syria.

P.S.  How perfect is it that the Syrian press attache’s name is Jihad?

UPDATE:

U.S. says Syrian raid was preemptive

A top al-Qaida in Iraq operative killed during a U.S. raid on a Syrian compound just over the Iraq border was about to carry out an attack in Iraq, U.S. officials say.

The operative, known as Abu Ghadiyah, was the leader of the most prolific network that moves foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida into Iraq. He was the target of the Sunday afternoon raid on the compound in Sukkariyeh, Syria.

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The attack was carried out to coincide with the customary late afternoon rest period. A ground attack was chosen over a missile strike to reduce the chances of civilian casualties.

Syria said troops in four helicopters attacked a building and killed eight people, including four children.

The raid capped nearly a year of debate among the CIA, U.S. special forces and commanders in Iraq about how to handle the Syrian tributary of the Iraq foreign fighter problem, according to a former intelligence official and a current U.S. military official who deals with Iraq.

So the U.S. took matters into our own hands and Syria was caught with their pants down. Now that the world knows, how will the Syrian government react?

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