"Ten miles from the Syrian border and 80 miles from the nearest city and a wedding party? Don't be

"Ten miles from the Syrian border and 80 miles from the nearest city and a wedding party? Don't be naive. Plus, they had 30 males of military age with them. "
Marine Maj. Gen. James N. Mattis
On the U.S. bombing of what witnesses on the ground said was an Iraqi wedding party near the Syrian border. The United States has insisted the target was a safe house for infiltrators slipping across the border to fight coalition soldiers in Iraq.
"This significant increase in subjects shooting at Cincinnati police officers the last few months, especially the ones that are random -- is extremely frightening."
Police officer Keith Fangman
Commenting on rise in random shootings targeting police in Cincinnati.