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Hotler

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3. I'm shocked! Just shocked I tell you.......
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 09:34 PM
Oct 2015

Iran sends fighters to Syria, escalating its involvement
But wait! What is this I read, the CIA are helping out.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-sends-fighters-to-syria-escalating-its-involvement/ar-AAfqmCE?li=AAa0dzB

"Sending more troops from Hezbollah and Iran only increases the shelf life of the Syrian regime, which is destined to end," Maj. Jamil Saleh, the leader of Tajammu Alezzah, a CIA-backed Free Syrian Army faction, told the AP. "It will only add more destruction and displacement."
He said their presence in Syria is not new but had been kept quiet.

Charles Lister, a Syria expert at the Brookings Doha Center, said much will depend on how quickly and efficiently the rebels' weaponry can be replenished by the states supporting them.

The CIA-backed rebels shrugged off criticism of cooperating with al-Qaida.

Why is the CIA over there? Trying to establish a drug route?
Hi agent Mike.

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