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Oct 28, 2008 6:45 am US/Pacific

Syria Shuts U.S. School, Center After Deadly Raid

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: U.S. military helicopters attacked an area along Syria's border with Iraq on Sunday, killing eight, Syrian state TV and witnesses said.
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The Syrian government has ordered that an American school and a U.S. cultural center in Damascus be closed in response to a deadly raid by U.S. helicopters near the Syrian border with Iraq.

The official SANA news agency says the decision came at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday chaired by Prime Minister Naji Otari.

The report says the Syrian education minister was given instructed to implement the decision.

Syria claims U.S. troops in four helicopters attacked a building near the border with Iraq and killed eight people on Sunday.

U.S. officials said the raid killed a top operative of al Qaeda in Iraq who intelligence suggested was about to conduct an attack in Iraq.