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The Latest: Russia says mass graves found in eastern Aleppo
Fox News ^ | 12/26/2016

Posted on 12/26/2016 4:47:20 AM PST by Freelance Warrior

The Russian Defense Ministry says its troops have found mass graves in Aleppo with bodies showing signs of torture and mutilation.

In Aleppo, Christians celebrated Christmas for the first time in four years with the country's largest city now under full control of government forces. Christians, one of the largest religious minorities at about 10 percent of Syria's pre-war 23 million-strong population, have tried to stay on the sidelines of the conflict. However, the opposition's increasingly outspoken Islamism has kept many leaning toward Assad's government.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: aleppo; massgraves; russia; syria

1 posted on 12/26/2016 4:47:20 AM PST by Freelance Warrior
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To: Freelance Warrior

No doubt from the actions of those Syrian Rebel Freedom fighters Obamau is so intent on getting into power.


2 posted on 12/26/2016 4:49:30 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Freelance Warrior

The 0bama legacy delivered with the help of Samantha Power.


3 posted on 12/26/2016 4:53:50 AM PST by wrench
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To: Freelance Warrior

With Obama’s footprints all over them....


4 posted on 12/26/2016 4:58:14 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Not many options in that part of the world. Either you’ve a secular ruler or an Islamist one with all the trimmings, including Sharia law.


5 posted on 12/26/2016 5:24:15 AM PST by odds
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To: Freelance Warrior

The West has closed their eyes to the atrocities committed by the so-called rebels for too long. It is time we stop pretending Assad is worse than these Islamic barbarians we have been helping.


6 posted on 12/26/2016 6:30:40 AM PST by FR_addict (Ryan needs to go!)
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Syrian rebel sounds so much better than ISIS, or ISIL, or whatever they want to refer to those maniacal Islamic lunatics as.... As bad as Syria is, they are a secular state... The last thing the middle east needs is another Islamic state. Islam must accept secularism and the conversion of Saudi Arabia would be a very good start. Trump should explain that token Kingdom’s are fine, but actual Kingdoms are finished. Saudi Arabia must accept free, fair elections and equal rights. If they don’t, no money, no assistance and if Iran invades, it’s their problem.


7 posted on 12/26/2016 6:47:22 AM PST by jerod (Socialism=Governance by Government - The National Socialist German Workers' Party is a good example.)
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To: jerod

Mc Cain, Graham , Clinton and Obama armed Fighters


8 posted on 12/26/2016 7:30:34 AM PST by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: Freelance Warrior

” the opposition’s increasingly outspoken islamism”

Really
Like ISIS and Al Qaeda started out as moderates
We took down Hitler because of the Nazi party’s “ increasingly outspoken antisemitism”?

This is what passes for journalism these days?


9 posted on 12/26/2016 7:38:27 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Christians, one of the largest religious minorities at about 10 percent of Syria's pre-war 23 million-strong population, have tried to stay on the sidelines of the conflict. However, the opposition's increasingly outspoken Islamism has kept many leaning toward Assad's government.

The choice Middle Eastern Christians have is between a dictator who will kill you if you oppose his regime but who will otherwise leave you alone to practice your religious beliefs versus "rebel" groups who will kill you for being a non-Muslim or even the wrong sort of Muslim. Is it really so difficult to understand why Syrian and Iraqi Christians support the former? Any alternative to these two options exists only in the propaganda of "nation builder" policymakers in the US who either don't understand the situation or, more likely, understand it perfectly and actually prefer the Islamists.

10 posted on 12/26/2016 7:39:30 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: trebb

Hoof prints...


11 posted on 12/26/2016 7:46:46 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Tallguy

The Knights of Columbus sounded this warning over a year ago. No wonder Obama hates us.


12 posted on 12/26/2016 8:16:55 AM PST by MGG
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To: Freelance Warrior

Yeah well the Russians “found” those graves at Katyn.


13 posted on 12/26/2016 8:28:18 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Tallguy

You are most correct - cloven hoof prints at that....


14 posted on 12/26/2016 9:27:04 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: dfwgator

Let’s wait for a further report. I think if the allegation is true, international experts will be invited. I hope the Russian MoD does business seriously.


15 posted on 12/26/2016 11:00:42 AM PST by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: ek_hornbeck

+1000


16 posted on 12/26/2016 11:01:16 AM PST by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: scooby321

That’s where those 68 guys ended up... Obama’s 600 million dollar freedom fighters.


17 posted on 12/26/2016 1:50:29 PM PST by jerod (Socialism=Governance by Government - The National Socialist German Workers' Party is a good example.)
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