U.S official: Raid on Syria killed leader of terror cell

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

SUKKARIYEH, Syria -- A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, an American counterterrorism official said Monday.

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