Syria Attacks 7th Fleet, Several Ships Sunk

After being repeatedly ignored in its call for the U.S. and the U.K. to stop the "barbaric aggression to which our Iraqi brethren are being subjected" Syrian air, naval and missile forces struck U.S. carriers and ships in the Mediterrean sinking several and others reportedly on fire. American planes and missiles retaliated against Syria but it unknown what damage they caused. Pentagon sources say that the ground troops currently in Iraq are not sufficient to deal with both the Syrian and Iraqi threats. More follows+++

Just preparing you, wars never go as planned.

Update: This is obviously not true but a warning. I guess I should point out that it is extremely unlikely that Syria would attack U.S. forces. It knows that the U.S. is the only superpower as well as the U.S. having a treaty alliance with NATO and a good relationship with Israel, both very strong military powers within striking distance of Syria.