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| Syria hits out at US 'terrorism' | Syria hits out at US 'terrorism' |
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| Syria's foreign minister has accused the US of an act of "terrorist aggression" over what it says was a helicopter raid inside its territory. | Syria's foreign minister has accused the US of an act of "terrorist aggression" over what it says was a helicopter raid inside its territory. |
| Walid Muallem said Sunday's attack saw four US helicopters travel eight miles inside Syrian airspace from Iraq and kill eight unarmed civilians on a farm. | |
| He said those who died were a father and his three children, the farm guard and his wife, and a fisherman. | He said those who died were a father and his three children, the farm guard and his wife, and a fisherman. |
| The US has not confirmed or denied the alleged raid. | The US has not confirmed or denied the alleged raid. |
| However, a unnamed US official was quoted by AFP news agency as saying that its forces had mounted a "successful" raid against foreign fighters threatening US forces in Iraq. | |
| The US has previously accused Syria of allowing militants into Iraq. | |
| Speaking at a news conference in London, Mr Muallem said the raid was "not a mistake", and that he had urged the Iraqi government to investigate. | |
| "We consider this criminal and terrorist aggression. We put the responsibility on the American government," he told reporters following talks with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband. | |
| "Killing civilians in international law means a terrorist aggression." |