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U.S. Marines training al-Qaeda-linked Syrian jihadists in Saudi Arabia
JW ^ | October 17 ., 2013

Posted on 10/20/2013 12:58:06 PM PDT by george76

Twelve years after 9/11, the U.S. has changed sides. The Long War Journal reported on June 29 that the Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, which is “al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria,” has “cooperated with Free Syrian Army units to establish sharia, or Islamic law, in Aleppo and in eastern Syria.” What is the Free Syrian Army? The "moderates" whom we are training and to whom we are giving weapons: “the US government is backing the Free Syrian Army despite the group’s known ties to the Al Nusrah Front.”

"Training of Syrian insurgents steps up in Saudi Arabia," by Mohammed Najib for IHS Jane's Defence Weekly, October 17 .

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Free Syrian Army (FSA) units are receiving intensive training from US Marine Corps personnel in Saudi Arabia, a senior FSA source has told IHS Jane's . The source said the United States and Saudi Arabia have agreed to train around 1,500 insurgents. The programme began a few months ago and most of the personnel will be trained by the end of 2013.

(Excerpt) Read more at jihadwatch.org ...


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To: CMB_polarization

You have an islamist running the country. He has stated the country islamic the requisite three times.

Islamic lands never go back.


41 posted on 10/20/2013 9:59:20 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/nicolae-hussein-obama/)
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42 posted on 10/21/2013 5:38:00 AM PDT by SJackson (As a black man, you know, Barack could get shot going to the gas station, Michelle on Chicago)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Unbelievable...

Amen to that...

43 posted on 10/21/2013 7:10:50 AM PDT by GOPJ (Self-respect is the root of discipline...dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself-Heschel)
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To: OldNewYork

You are not the only one.


44 posted on 10/21/2013 9:05:51 AM PDT by huldah1776
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