Russia Today Airs Fake Footage of Rebels Using Sarin Gas in Syria

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45. The 10 percent is

from the piece you linked to.

Opposition forces battling Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria now number around 100,000 fighters, but after more than two years of fighting they are fragmented into as many as 1,000 bands.

The piece states that "jihadists" are only 10 percent.

Of that 100,000 fighters, the piece breaks it out this way:

10,000 jihadists - who would include foreign fighters.

30,000 to 35,000 are hardline Islamists...focused purely on the Syrian war rather than a wider international struggle.

30,000 moderates belonging to groups that have an Islamic character

"Hardline Islamists" by whose definition, and why would that be surprising in Syria? Like I said, the Assad regime has managed to be significantly more brutal than a terrorist organization.

Also, what about the other 30,000? The piece states that only 10 percent are "jihadists."

Here is what Kerry stated:

Kerry replied: "I just don't agree that a majority are al Qaeda and the bad guys. That's not true. There are about 70,000 to 100,000 oppositionists ... Maybe 15 percent to 25 percent might be in one group or another who are what we would deem to be bad guys.

"There is a real moderate opposition that exists. General Idriss is running the military arm of that," Kerry continued, referring to General Salim Idriss, head of the rebel Free Syrian Army. Increasingly, he said, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are funneling assistance through Idriss.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/john-kerry-syrian-rebels_n_3870782.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003