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US Gives Intelligence To Assad For Targetting Isis Commanders
IBTimes Co., Ltd. ^ | August 23, 2014 15:58 BST | Tom Porter

Posted on 08/23/2014 9:10:15 AM PDT by GonzoII

Western intelligence agencies have been assisting the Syrian government of Bashar al Assad fight militants of Isis (now called the 'Islamic State'), by providing details on the location of militant leaders for targeted air strikes.

The information was passed to Assad's government by German intelligence service Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), which acted as an intermediary, a source told the Independent...

In recent weeks, Syrian forces have launched a series of airstrikes against Islamic State commanders and headquarters, as they battle to halt the advance of jihadist forces from their stronghold in the east of the country.

The Assad regime has been accused of covertly supporting Islamic State in the belief that it would swallow up other rebel groups, but Islamic State militants have scored a series of victories against the Syrian army, forcing Assad to step up his campaign against them.

In July and August Islamic State drove jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra from the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor, and took key Syrian army bases in Raqqa province and Hasakh.

Currently, the Syrian army is engaged in a fierce battle to hold Tabqa airbase in Raqqa province. Its fall would lead Hama, Syria's fourth largest city, open to attack from Islamic State fighters.

Islamic State is also poised to cut off supply lines between Turkey and rival rebel groups in Aleppo, after seizing territory in the north, compromising the Syrian army's attempts to retake the city.

US 'must attack Syria' to defeat Islamic State

On Thursday, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, said that US forces would have to attack Islamic State forces in Syria, as well as Iraq, to defeat it.

US forces have been launching airstrikes in northern Iraq to support beleaguered Kurdish peshmerga, after Islamic State forces seized swathes of northern Iraq.

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; election2012; flipflop; humanrights; iraq; isis; islamicimperialism; islamonazism; jayvee; johnkerry; leadingfrombehind; obama; obamadoctrine; obamaforeignpolicy; obamalegacy; obamascandals; proislamist; syria; waffle; warcrimes; yoyo
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Assad ol' buddy!
1 posted on 08/23/2014 9:10:16 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

Talk about flip-flopping.


2 posted on 08/23/2014 9:11:13 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: GonzoII

What a flip flop! Remember when Kerry called him a war criminal committing genocide. My, how the tabled turn with old Lurch!


3 posted on 08/23/2014 9:12:58 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: GonzoII

Smartest move I’ve seen out of this administration in a while. We don’t have to love Assad to have a common enemy.


4 posted on 08/23/2014 9:13:04 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: Parley Baer

Yeah....I was thinking we have a SCHIZO as Prez


5 posted on 08/23/2014 9:13:06 AM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevrens, Woods)
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To: GonzoII

What a difference a day makes.


6 posted on 08/23/2014 9:14:51 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: GonzoII

Which way will the wind blow next week?


7 posted on 08/23/2014 9:15:30 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: GonzoII

The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.


8 posted on 08/23/2014 9:15:33 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Viennacon
Its not the first time.



He was for Assad before he was against Assad before he was for Assad.
9 posted on 08/23/2014 9:15:36 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: GonzoII

First we train, fund and arm terrorists to overthrow Assad, now we are his ally. And all under one president. I never thought we would see such a thing every happen. The “we must get rid of Assad” to “We need you Assad to kill the cancer we created” is simply amazing


10 posted on 08/23/2014 9:15:58 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: GonzoII

So why is this in the news media? Shouldn’t it be classified?


11 posted on 08/23/2014 9:16:51 AM PDT by No One Special (Never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.)
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To: goodnesswins

We have a pile of cognitive dissonance for president, who has to oppose someone else because either they are not ofhis party, or they are simply below him. He has to go against them, much like a crooked lawyer, oh wait...


12 posted on 08/23/2014 9:17:18 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: GonzoII

Can’t wait for that Harf lady to explain this.


13 posted on 08/23/2014 9:17:26 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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Oh look - campus hippy leftists Barack Obama and John Kerry are partnering with a third world strongman against a popular uprising.

How times change.

14 posted on 08/23/2014 9:17:40 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: GonzoII

How could obama ever really be against assad? After he has obamas favorite thing in his name.


15 posted on 08/23/2014 9:18:36 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Parley Baer

No ....this group needs to be killed ASAP...and if we crawl in bed with the devil to kill it....so be it.


16 posted on 08/23/2014 9:20:09 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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To: GonzoII

Did they get McCain’s permission?

Will we ever learn? Dictators are there for a reason. We take them out and we always regret it because what replaces them is always worse. These countries in the Middle East can operate under dictatorships or go back to the 7th century. I’d rather have the dictators.


17 posted on 08/23/2014 9:21:01 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: cripplecreek

Smartest move I’ve seen out of this administration in a while. We don’t have to love Assad to have a common enemy.


Somebody must be overruling Obama.


18 posted on 08/23/2014 9:21:53 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: laplata

Somebody must be over ruling Obama AND Jarrett.


19 posted on 08/23/2014 9:22:50 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: realcleanguy

First we train, fund and arm terrorists to overthrow Assad, now we are his ally. And all under one president. I never thought we would see such a thing every happen. The “we must get rid of Assad” to “We need you Assad to kill the cancer we created” is simply amazing


Somebody is overruling Obama. Obama is not happy to see ISIS attacked.


20 posted on 08/23/2014 9:23:40 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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