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October 28, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102700511.html

U.S. Calls Raid a Warning to Syria

[Washington Post] Ann Scott Tyson and Ellen Knickmeyer - U.S. military and intelligence officials and analysts have asserted for years that such strikes are justified if a country is unwilling or unable to control its own territory or the threats emanating from inside its borders. U.S. strikes can goad such countries into action, officials say. The military's argument is that "you can only claim sovereignty if you enforce it," said Anthony Cordesman, a military analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "When you are dealing with states that do not maintain their sovereignty and become a de facto sanctuary, the only way you have to deal with them is this kind of operation," he said.

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