U.S. HELICOPTER RAID ON SYRIA KILLS WOMEN AND CHILDREN

BBC NEWS Page last updated at 20:47 GMT, Sunday, 26 October 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7692153.stm "Four American helicopters violated Syrian airspace around 16:45 local time (1345 GMT) on Sunday," Sana news agency said. It said that "American soldiers" who had emerged from helicopters "attacked a civilian building under construction and opened fire on workers inside - including the wife of the building guard - leading to [the deaths] of eight civilians". The dead included a man and his four children and a married couple. "The helicopters then left Syrian territory towards Iraqi territory," Sana said.