attacks upon sovereign nations who did not attack us are unacceptable." Representative Nick Rahall was quoted in 2009 as saying that "[Syrian civilians] lost their lives in an unfortunate attempt by the previous administration to once again mislead, bully, and isolate a regime". See also Operation Orchard (Israeli air-raid against alleged Syrian nuclear facility in 2007) Ain es Saheb airstrike References External links Mirror of the video from the original Syria News article (WMV format) Video of Press conference of Walid Muallem - The Syrian Foreign Minister Airstrikes conducted by the United States 2008 in Syria Conflicts in 2008 Operations involving American special forces Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Syria–United States military relations Extrajudicial killings United States military scandals Counterterrorism in Syria October 2008 events in Asia Military operations of the Iraq War in 2008