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eissa

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15. Well said, and true

Reply to socialsecurityisAAA (Reply #6)

Thu May 16, 2013, 01:39 PM

May 2013

The rebels are not the romanticized freedom fighters McCain and his ilk are trying to portray. Far from it. This is all payback for Hama; the fundamentalists have been waiting for this opportunity to rid themselves of a "heretic" leader for decades, and now with the help of Qatar and the Saudis, they're hell-bent on installing their own Salafist regime in Syria.

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Syria: Civilians Come Under Fire From Rebels [View all] dipsydoodle May 2013 OP

The rebels used chemical weapons socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #1

Well, that doesn't fit the narrative. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #2

the rebels are taking babies out of incubators Blandocyte May 2013 #3

Those claims were made against Iraqi's in kuwait socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #4

Heh. 'zactly. Blandocyte May 2013 #5

I fail to see the necessity for sarcasm? socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #6

Well said, and true eissa May 2013 #15

Al Queda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra represent about 6,000 out of over 100,000 opposition fighters. pampango May 2013 #17

Most of the protestors during Iran's '79 revolution eissa May 2013 #18

Welcome to DU. Don't let anyone bully you here. Great post nt riderinthestorm May 2013 #7

Who is buylling him? socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #9

Nothing that you say have been proven, except in your imagination. Sand Wind May 2013 #13

"Civil" War Is a Misnomer cer7711 May 2013 #8

America importing al quaeda socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #10

Nope. AlQuaeda go by his own everywhere they can, especially since they know USA Sand Wind May 2013 #12

The narrative of a popular revolution doesn't ring true. David__77 May 2013 #11

We need to send arms and ammo to the good guys ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2013 #14

No this Is a little minority, bad reporting from a poor source, here Is the same place same day: Sand Wind May 2013 #16