Special U.S. forces raided Syria Sunday, killing a senior Iraqi militant leader responsible for running weapons, money and foreign fighters across the Iraq border, officials told The New York Times.
The raid was the boldest U.S. attack since the nation invaded Iraq five years ago, according to The Times.
The operation was justified as an act of self-defense by the Bush administration, according to The Times.
Abu Ghadiya, the man killed in the raid, was in his late 20s and suspected of leading an attack on a police station in western Iraq that killed 11 Iraqi officials, The Times reported.
-M.M.
