"ISIS Strikes Deal With Moderate Syrian Rebels: Reports"

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ISIS Strikes Deal With Moderate Syrian Rebels: Reports

by Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Ryan Grim at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/isis-deal-syria_n_5814128.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

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As the United States begins to deepen ties with moderate Syrian rebels to combat the extremist group ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, a key component of its coalition appears to have struck a non-aggression pact with the group.

According to Agence France-Presse, ISIS and a number of moderate and hard-line rebel groups have agreed not to fight each other so that they can focus on taking down the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Other sources say the signatories include a major U.S. ally linked to the Free Syrian Army. Moreover, the leader of the Free Syrian Army said Saturday that the group would not take part in U.S. plans for destroying the Islamic State until it got assurances on toppling Assad.

The deal between ISIS and the moderate Syrian groups casts doubt over President Barack Obama's freshly announced strategy to arm and train the groups against ISIS.

The AFP report cited information from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based group monitoring the Syrian civil war, which said parties to the agreement "promise not to attack each other because they consider the principal enemy to be the Nussayri regime." The term Nussayri refers to the Alawite ethnic group that Assad and many of his supporters belong to. AFP said the agreement was signed in a suburb of the Syrian capital, where ISIS has a strong presence.




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[Cayenne]

1. Like we didn't see that happening.

[Cha]

2. Senator Sanders and Warren agree with the President on this..

Bernie stands with the President on this "Enormously complicated issue".. as he calls it. He disagrees with staying out of ISIS like some around are clamoring on about.

As he stated it's an "International effort" and guess what.. "they have to put money in it too."

Hartman and he talked about one republiCon saying.. they'll "blast him if it doesn't work and ask why he didn't do it sooner if it does." Sounds like a familiar whine.

Senators Warren and Sanders are on board with the President..

FrodosPet http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5527989

[neverforget]

3. Our new "allies", the FSA, have allied themselves with ISIL, our newest worst enemy ever.

What could possibly go wrong?

[tblue37]

4. One of the problems that Obama is dealing with is that we still excoriate the

Western democracies for refusing to help the Jews during the Holocaust and the Rwandans during that genocidal episode. Even Boko Haram's atrocities have provoked calls from some quarters for direct Western intervention.

We don't want to return to war in the Mideast, but we also can't bear the knowledge that vicious groups are terrorizing and murdering innocent victims. Rock and hard place. Devil and deep blue sea.

No matter what course he follows, Obama is going to enrage a lot of people. Plus he has to deal with extraordinary political pressure from all sides to do something, but with no good options for what he could do--the war lobby; right wingers who want to paint Dems as weak on defense and international policy; Dems up for election who fear being painted as weak on international or defense policy.

Some people want him to do something, but don't want him to do any of the things that he can do.

He is being burned by the fires that CheneyBush deliberately started.