This is a combined list. Anyone wanting on or off please advise.
Posted on 09/20/2013 9:24:19 AM PDT by mojito
An al Qaeda spinoff operating near Aleppo, Syria's largest city, last week began a new battle campaign it dubbed "Expunging Filth."
The target wasn't their avowed enemy, the Syrian government. Instead, it was their nominal ally, the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army.
A band of fanatical al Qaeda rebels are turning their guns on more secular rebels in an attempt to turn the struggle in Syria into a holy war.
Across northern and eastern Syria, units of the jihadist group known as ISIS are seizing territory—on the battlefield and behind the front lines—from Western-backed rebels.
Some FSA fighters now consider the extremists to be as big a threat to their survival as the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
"It's a three-front war," a U.S. official said of the FSA rebels' fight: They face the Assad regime, forces from its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, and now the multinational jihadist ranks of ISIS.
Brigade leaders of the FSA say that ISIS, an Iraqi al Qaeda outfit whose formal name is the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, has dragged them into a battle they are ill-equipped to fight.
Some U.S. officials said they see it as a battle for the FSA's survival.
In recent months, ISIS has become a magnet for foreign jihadists who view the war in Syria not primarily as a means to overthrow the Assad regime but rather as a historic battleground for a larger Sunni holy war.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
It appears that in fact, Allah is sorting them out!
I’m sure 0bama is doing all he can to make sure that he’s not arming the GOOD rebels.
“It appears that in fact, Allah is sorting them out!”
As per my tagline:
The FSA is going to have to make peace with Assad so they can win the battle against Hezbollah and the radical muslims.
These are just moderates. Don’t worry. John McLame
I suspect their first action was when they used Sarin gas a few weeks ago.
I suspect this is a war between Muslims who cut off people’s heads moderately and Muslims who cut them off violently.
So, by all means let them cut off each others’ heads.
“Rebel Rebel...you tore your dress...Rebel Rebel...your face is a mess.”
BOL
Again let Allah sort them out!
I see a lot of great minds are on the same page on this burning issue.
Which ones are those again?
“I see a lot of great minds are on the same page on this burning issue.”
BOL!
All ten of us!:)
Let’s try for more, shall we.
This is a combined list. Anyone wanting on or off please advise.
That’s more than Piers Morgan can claim.
I’m sure 0bama is doing all he can to make sure that he’s not arming the GOOD rebels
I like the idea of arming the Shia and Sunni sides and popping the popcorn, sitting back and watching the show.
I actually support Assad (status quo) because I think the alternative is WORSE, like the MB taking the helm in Egypt after Mubarak’s ouster. Egypt ‘righted the ship’, thank God.
“Hot tramp, I love you so (even though you’re headless)” LOL!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.