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Saudi Arabia willing to send ground troops to Syria
Al Jazeera ^
| 05 Feb 2016
Posted on 02/05/2016 2:02:21 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) if US-led coalition leaders agree to the offer.
Saudi's air force has targeted ISIL with air strikes since the campaign began in Syria in September 2014, but the Gulf kingdom is now ready to provide ground forces to defeat the armed group, a military spokesman said on Thursday.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: ground; groundtroops; isil; isis; saudiarabia; syria; troops
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To: MinorityRepublican
This would be interesting to see. When was the last time Saudi ground troops fought in a conflict?
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:04:23 PM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Jimmy Valentine
We’ve been the Saudis proxy army for the last 50 years.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:04:46 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: MinorityRepublican
US-led coalition?
Save your oil money, Abdullah.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:04:49 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
To: MinorityRepublican
I thought the Saudi’s were supporting ISIS. It’s all pretty confusing there.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:06:51 PM PST
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:07:14 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Something is amiss here. Looks like the somebody is trying to knock off Syria s secular dictatorship.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:08:25 PM PST
by
Fhios
(circa 2016: Truth will be outlawed unless pre-approved.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Israels neighborhood is getting mighty crowded.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:08:30 PM PST
by
ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
To: MinorityRepublican
What a mess!
The Middle East. Europe. The US.
No wonder Boris is smiling.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:08:57 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: Jimmy Valentine
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:09:14 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: MinorityRepublican
Re:
Saudi Arabia willing to send ground troops to Syria Okay-- Which side... 
will they fight for?
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:09:55 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: MinorityRepublican
My A$$.
Saudi weenies won’t fly actual bombing runs.
Who are they going to attack, anyhow, the Russians?
I don’t think so.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:10:47 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
("First comes the legalization. Then come the measures to secure the border." Rubio.)
To: MNDude
It’s a mixed bag. They support the Sunnis against the Shiites, but they don’t like anyone else claiming to be LEADERS of the Sunnis. They control the Holy Places and consider themselves to be in charge of the Sunnis.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:11:02 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Bender2
“Okay— Which side... will they fight for?”
That depends upon where the mercenaries they hire come from.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:11:05 PM PST
by
Pelham
(Mullah Barack Obama and the Jihad against America)
To: NormsRevenge
To: MinorityRepublican
***Saudi’s air force has targeted ISIL with air strikes since the campaign began***
Let me guess...the Saudis are about as effective against ISIL as the US.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:12:44 PM PST
by
ResponseAbility
(The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
To: Jimmy Valentine
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:13:28 PM PST
by
donozark
(Bernie Sanders:I was commie when commie wasn't koo-ol!)
To: MinorityRepublican
It’s mind boggling. And to think of all the wealth in the middle East squandered and likely to eventually lead to its destruction and gone to waste.. The addition of resources and ideologies and radicals into the mix should cry for a calmer approach.. But that’s never been the way before.
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:16:08 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: MinorityRepublican
OMG, Saudi Arabia wants to get off its ass! Maybe they should also take some more Islam refugees so the Democrat Party has less of an excuse to import them.
To: MinorityRepublican
they’ve been sending ground troops
aka “al Qaeda”
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posted on
02/05/2016 2:21:19 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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