CNN-Report: Syrian forces kill American, British citizen accused of fighting alongside rebels

[Lady Freedom Returns]

By Chelsea J. Carter, Hamdi Alkhshali and Paul Courson, CNN
updated 6:46 PM EDT, Thu May 30, 2013

(CNN) -- Syrian state-run television reported Thursday that forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed three Westerners, including an American woman and a British citizen, who they claim were fighting with the rebels and were found with weapons and maps of government military facilities.

Syrian TV identified the woman, releasing what it claimed were images of her Michigan driver's license and U.S. passport. It also released what is said was the name and passport of a British citizen. It did not identify a third person who it claimed was a Westerner.

The report said the three were ambushed in their car in the flashpoint city of Idlib in northwestern Syria, where government forces have been battling rebels for control.

TV footage showed a bullet-riddled car and three bodies laid out. It also showed weapons, a computer and a flag belonging to the militant al-Nusra Front. The U.S. State Department has said the al-Nusra Front, a Syrian opposition group, is linked to al Qaeda in Iraq, which has long operated in Iraq and neighboring Syria.

Read more @ http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/30/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[WCGreen]

1. So it looks like Al Qaeda franchises are doing better than McDonald's in the Mid East...

There seems to be an AQ franchise whenever there is a dead American in the mix.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Our lovely media will spin this as an attack on America and try to get the US to launch another war

These same media criminals were cheerleading the Iraq war and were essentially stenographers for Bush.

That's why I'm surprised so many are defending the media criminal bastards after one of those worms tried to actively solicit classified information from the state department.