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kelliekat44

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35. Yeah, we should believe an IDF report because we want to. nt

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Tue Aug 27, 2013, 09:16 AM

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Syrian Kurdish leader says Assad not to blame for attack [View all] Catherina Aug 2013 OP

Precisely cosmicone Aug 2013 #1

sadly questionseverything Aug 2013 #5

You neglected Al Quaida. denverbill Aug 2013 #10

Exactly this Scootaloo Aug 2013 #27

You know what's truly sad..and I mean really sad. Some will say it's my fault but when I first heard BlueJazz Aug 2013 #2

Not so sure, TBH.....Assad himself, sadly is a puppet of TPTB....as was his father. nt AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #34

It's hard to know who to believe but it's worth noting that the Kurds have totodeinhere Aug 2013 #3

There is certainly motivation for the rebels to use CWs. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #4

I no longer believe anything that anyone pscot Aug 2013 #6

This is a wing of the PKK, a terrorist org, so they're just as big of a liar geek tragedy Aug 2013 #7

Ohhhh, terrorists everywhere! former9thward Aug 2013 #9

They were terrorists when the USG supported them against Saddam. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #11

When did guerrilla armies become "terrorist orgs"? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #12

I'll answer my own question: In the fall of 2001, I reckon. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #13

FARC and their rightwing counterparts meet any definition of 'terrorists' geek tragedy Aug 2013 #15

FARC, the paramilitaries, and the Colombian state have all probably committed war crimes. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #17

FARC targets civilians geek tragedy Aug 2013 #19

Funny how something with no popular support can last half a century. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #22

Geography, guns, and money. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #26

When they start murdering civilians instead of having the balls geek tragedy Aug 2013 #14

I believe the US military has killed a lot of civilians. Are they terrorists? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #18

is the US military doing so instead of engaging armed forces? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #21

If you want to call every guerrilla army a terrorist formation I can't stop you. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #23

I believe the US military calls it "collateral damage." But they're still just as dead. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #24

You mean like when the Colombian military killed all those people and dressed them up as FARC? Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #20

Certainly the responsible elements of the Colombian military geek tragedy Aug 2013 #25

This was a hoax ("We now accept that email was fabricated and..."), but who was behind it? Shudder. proverbialwisdom Aug 2013 #8

That was from April this year. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #16

Considering the speculation reported in the OP, the origin of the recent hoax is germane, IMO. proverbialwisdom Aug 2013 #33

�IDF intercepted Syrian regime chatter on chemical attack� Mosby Aug 2013 #28

A "German report, which cited an ex-Mossad official who insisted on remaining anonymous." Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #29

Well then, Israel, hate to be blunt but: FIGHT YOUR OWN DAMN WARS! -nt democrat2thecore Aug 2013 #30

Wow. You do know that Israel thinks no better of the rebels than they do of Assad. branford Aug 2013 #32

Ex-Mossad. Sigh. dkf Aug 2013 #31

Yeah, we should believe an IDF report because we want to. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #35