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Al Qaeda ‘rat line’ from Syria to Iraq turns back against Assad
The Washington Times ^ | 19 August 2013 | By Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 09/03/2013 9:54:59 AM PDT by elhombrelibre

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s anti-U.S. strategy during the 2003-11 Iraq War has come back to bite him.

Mr. Assad allowed al Qaeda operatives to set up a “rat line” through his country and into northeastern Iraq. Hundreds of young terrorists, many recruited from North Africa, took airline flights into Damascus and joined networks ready to sneak them across the border.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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A reminder that this dictator has American blood on his hands.
1 posted on 09/03/2013 9:54:59 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
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As do the rebels he's fighting.

We should step aside and let them kill each other.

2 posted on 09/03/2013 9:56:37 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: elhombrelibre

Obama has American blood on his hands as well and Syria would have never had the opportunity to do squat to Americans if we had stayed out of Iraq in the first place.


3 posted on 09/03/2013 10:00:21 AM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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To: skeeter

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-strategy-in-syria-2013-9


4 posted on 09/03/2013 10:01:23 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama's policy towards Morsi and the Moslem Brotherhood came from his heart.)
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To: trapped_in_LA

I see you can justify in your mind the attacks on Americans. Did you know any of the soldiers killed?


5 posted on 09/03/2013 10:02:20 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama's policy towards Morsi and the Moslem Brotherhood came from his heart.)
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Not buying it.


6 posted on 09/03/2013 10:04:35 AM PDT by skeeter
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“I see you can justify in your mind the attacks on Americans. Did you know any of the soldiers killed?”

There’s an old say that applies to this, “when you find yourself in a hole ... stop digging”. What you and the rest of the war mongers are pushing for is just more digging. How many American lives are YOU willing to sacrifice for this? Why should we spill any more blood in a fight we have no reason to be interested in. Or is it that you just love seeing people die?


7 posted on 09/03/2013 10:06:21 AM PDT by trapped_in_LA
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To: elhombrelibre

So hike up those big boy pants and go fight on your own dime.

Muslims do it all the time, surely you’re as courageous as they are.


8 posted on 09/03/2013 10:12:43 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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I deploy again in April.


9 posted on 09/03/2013 11:15:29 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama's policy towards Morsi and the Moslem Brotherhood came from his heart.)
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To: elhombrelibre

On your own dime?


10 posted on 09/03/2013 12:22:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Yes, that’s how the Department of the Army does it. Everyone pays his own way.


11 posted on 09/04/2013 9:03:42 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama's policy towards Morsi and the Moslem Brotherhood came from his heart.)
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