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Raid in Syria Said to Hit Top Al-Qaida Smuggler


A U.S. official says a U.S helicopter attack in Syria is believed to have killed the head of a network that had been smuggling weapons and foreign fighters into Iraq.

U.S. news agencies quote the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying the man targeted was Abu Ghadiya.

The U.S. Treasury Department previously identified Ghadiya as a major terrorist financier to al-Qaida in Iraq.

Syria is accusing the accusing the United States of "terrorist aggression" for the raid which Damascus says killed eight civilians

The White House, U.S. State Department, and Pentagon have refused all comment on the incident. But State Department spokesman Sean McCormack acknowledged Monday that Syria lodged an official protest.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said in London the raid happened during daylight Sunday. He said that shows it was not a mistake, but "blunt determination."

He warned if another raid happens, Syria will defend its territory.

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