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Old 06-19-2013, 16:55   #1
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A look at "our" side.

Special Report: Syria's Islamists seize control as moderates dither

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...95I0BC20130619

"As the Syrian civil war got under way, a former electrician who calls himself Sheikh Omar built up a brigade of rebel fighters. In two years of struggle against President Bashar al-Assad, they came to number 2,000 men, he said, here in the northern city of Aleppo. Then, virtually overnight, they collapsed......."

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Old 06-27-2013, 00:30   #2
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POETIC JUSTICE?

Your opinions gentlemen (and anyone else)... Poetic Justice?

Container Ship Carrying U.S. Arms to FSA Rebels in Syria “Splits and Sinks”


http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/...lits-an-sinks/

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Old 06-27-2013, 00:51   #3
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WHY DON'T THE MSM SHOW THE REAL STORIES?

Why don't the MSM show us the real stories coming out of Syria - of which the attached two are just a sample? As much as I don't like agreeing w/Putin, I believe he may be right in this case. Assad was certainly no gem; but as a minority Alawite muslim, he didn't seem to be out to kill all Christians - and those not deemed "muslim" enough... I guess it would be deemed "poor form" to show the American people just what our tax dollars are supporting.


U.S. Backed – Obama Supported FSA Rebels Massacre an Entire Christian Village in Syria

http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/...stian-village/



Syria: U.S. Funded FSA Rebels Chain Shia Muslim Girl to Fence Then Murder Her Parents in Front of Her

http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/...-front-of-her/

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Old 06-27-2013, 17:30   #4
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STOBEY, I have to question your source. It doesn't seem to be the most reliable in the world, and that ship is way too big for a small arms shipment.

Are you double checking your source?

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Old 06-29-2013, 10:26   #5
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SOURCE QUESTIONING VALID

TR, sir, I think you may be right. I cannot verify from any other source that this container vessel was carrying US arms designated for shipment to FSA. I myself questioned the individual as to how he knew what the ship carried. Have received no reply to date.

I should not have posted that until I verified claim w/reliable news sources. I will make sure to verify such before posting in future. (But it certainly WOULD have been poetic justice if it were true - don't you agree??)
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