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Comrade Grumpy

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7. Uh, which rebels? Giving missiles to Al Qaeda would seem to be self-defeating.

Reply to cqo_000 (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:27 PM

Aug 2012

Or the jihadi minor leaguers.

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Syrian rebels acquire surface-to-air missiles: report [View all] cqo_000 Aug 2012 OP

Yikes! That's all this situation needs, more sophisticated weaponry... Rhiannon12866 Aug 2012 #1

Yeah, people fighting for freedom should be kept unarmed. PavePusher Aug 2012 #8

Gee, I wonder who gave them to the rebel's? crimson77 Aug 2012 #2

It was obviously Turkey, which would do it with or without the US's permission ButterflyBlood Aug 2012 #5

They won't be traceable to Turkey. Igel Aug 2012 #9

If that's the case, you can say NATO supplied the weapons when the US first bombed may3rd Aug 2012 #14

Any Sunni Arab country that sees Iran as an enemy. nt hack89 Aug 2012 #6

Now where would they get stuff like that in a pinch ? may3rd Aug 2012 #11

Every country in the region has them. hack89 Aug 2012 #13

Just peachy add to that Assad is said to have chemical weapons azurnoir Aug 2012 #3

Now that's what I call..... DeSwiss Aug 2012 #4

Uh, which rebels? Giving missiles to Al Qaeda would seem to be self-defeating. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2012 #7

Yup, another really misleading story. WHO got these missiles? riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #10

They are giving to those that have been trained and know how to use it and may3rd Aug 2012 #12

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