Spec Ops History: Abu Kamal Raid Targets Major Terrorists

Many of the details of Abu Kamal Raid remain controversial and unconfirmed, but the bare outlines are these.

On the late afternoon or early evening of Oct. 26, 2008, a team of some two dozen special operations forces — some sources suggest CIA SAD agents, others a Delta Force team — flew into Syria to a location where intelligence indicated the presence of Abu Ghadiya and several members of his Al Qaeda-affiliated smuggling network.

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American officials had been concerned for years by the ability of networks like Ghadiya’s to operate with impunity inside Syria’s borders and easily smuggle assistance, including fighters, into Iraq to support the ongoing insurgency there.

Since Ghadiya’s group also opposed the Assad regime in Syria, several sources suggest that the Syrians provided some of the intelligence used during the U.S. raid, making their condemnation of the American action after the event more than a little hypocritical.

When the Black Hawks arrived at their target, a building under construction in the small town of Sukkariyah in eastern Syria near the larger town of Abu Kamal, they immediately came under fire, including deadly RPGs (The original plan had apparently been …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life