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U.S. Marine Veteran Killed While Fighting ISIS In Syria
Army Military News ^ | January 30, 2017 | Joshua Raymond-Castro

Posted on 02/12/2017 9:44:14 AM PST by Texas Fossil

Albert Harrington was 49 years old when he was killed in combat

Harrington served as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged in August 1991. According to social media, Harrington had made multiple trips between the U.S. and Syria in the past and was considered a veteran fighter to the Kurdish people, who referred to him as Cekdar Rojava.

Harrington’s death makes him the second U.S. volunteer to be killed fighting alongside the Kurdish militia (YPG) in less than a month, with Paolo Todd, 33, of California, succumbing to wounds received fighting ISIS near Raqqa on January 15th.

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A fellow U.S. volunteer, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke to American Military News about Harrington’s character.

“When others ran, he always chose to stand and fight. He died like a real Marine,” the volunteer said.

ARA news released a statement from forces assisting the YPG in Rojava:

“With great sadness [that] we announce the passing away of our good friend Albert Avery Harrington, an American Volunteer who was injured in a bomb explosion a few days ago in Syria and passed away from his injuries.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: killed; marine; raqqa; syria
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To: Vermont Lt
It is not legal for an American citizen to just hop on a plane, fly around the world and join another army.

That doesn’t make him special. It’s makes him a mercenary.

Under your theory aren't the various US citizens working as private contractors in foreign countries to assist friendly forces mercenaries? Like the guys who work on various CIA operations?

From your point of view the guys who got killed in Libya defending fellow Americans were mercenaries, since after all they weren't in the US military, they weren't the embassy guards and they were certainly getting paid to fight.

How do you know this guy wasn't a CIA embed with the Kurds?

21 posted on 02/12/2017 12:15:08 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: elhombrelibre
Of course, some would have us believe that there is only one good side in this fight, and that this fine man wasn’t on it.

This guy was fighting with the Kurds, and probably not far from US special forces guys doing the same thing. For all anybody knows he could have been a CIA embed.

22 posted on 02/12/2017 12:17:35 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: freeandfreezing

We’re essentially in agreement. I have no reason to believe he was CIA, but he was definitely fighting with people who are fighting with CIA and SOF forces. I cannot say about the other poster, but some folks here are very much in the pro-Assad camp because of their fondness for Putin. They therefore claim anyone fighting against Assad is ISIS. They also ignore Assad’s ties to al Qaeda during the years the US was in Iraq and Assad was facilitating al Qaeda as they travel to Damascus and on to Iraq to kill Americans. They also ignore Assad’s ties to Hezbollah and Iran. But some even now support Iran since they believe we must fight all Sunni Muslims, which also ignores the fact that the Kurds are mostly Sunni. To the say the least, some people just don’t want Assad to lose and see him, like Putin, as a paladin of Christianity, a very weird idea.


23 posted on 02/12/2017 12:24:45 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: freeandfreezing

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/09/07/7-sep-16-world-view-2013-history-syrias-bashar-al-assad-created-isis/


24 posted on 02/12/2017 12:30:43 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: elhombrelibre
That article suggests Assad's actions lead to ISIS, but by that test John McCain's actions, along with that of other US officials in the Obama administration lead to ISIS.

Apparently at one point in time at least ISIS was close enough to the Obama administration that John McCain could meet with ISIS leaders in Syria.

Photos allegedly showing Sen McCain in Syria

25 posted on 02/12/2017 1:00:54 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: Vermont Lt

I have met enough in the US military in it for the benefits... college, etc. Are we really going to do the my motives are more pure than your motives thing?


26 posted on 02/12/2017 1:04:29 PM PST by D Rider
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To: Vermont Lt

Maybe he didn’t go there because he liked it. Maybe he didn’t go there because he wanted money. Maybe he didn’t go there because he likes killing. Maybe he went there because he doesn’t like little girls getting their heads cut off, and maybe he doesn’t like little boys having their hands removed for failing to execute family members. Maybe he’s sick of girls being forced into sexual servitude and gangraped every day. Maybe he’s sick of hundreds of families being lined up facing ditches, strafed with gunfire, and covered over with dirt.


27 posted on 02/12/2017 1:13:03 PM PST by patro
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To: freeandfreezing

Probably doctored photos. I get it. You prefer Assad to McCain. After all, Assad fought for the USA and spent many years as a POW. McCain inherited a nation from his daddy, a socialist dictator, and he drops barrel bombs on market places.


28 posted on 02/12/2017 2:39:19 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: elhombrelibre
Hard to say who exactly is in the photograph, and Sen. McCain probably doesn't know either. But the photograph originally appeared on John McCain's verified Twitter account. I suggest you go take a look and tell me if the photo has been doctored or not. Or better yet ask Senator McCain, who posted it.

Photo as posted by Sen. McCain

And you don't get anything. But clearly you are more concerned about Assad than ISIS, which is fine.

29 posted on 02/12/2017 3:30:14 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: D Rider

Not the Marines. Marines don’t get the “perks” that the others do. You join the Marines to become a Marines, that’s it.


30 posted on 02/12/2017 6:45:01 PM PST by patro
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To: Texas Fossil

Thank you for the post. I didn’t expect to see the kind of crap responses here that I would normally see in the comments section on a Daily Kos article.


31 posted on 02/12/2017 6:47:33 PM PST by patro
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To: freeandfreezing
I'm more concerned with ISIS, and that's is why Assad needs to attack them the most. He and Putin both attack any forces that could be a reasonable alternative to Assad. ISIS was invented by Assad and grew out of the al Qaeda support Assad provided to counter US efforts in the Middle East, especially in Iraq. He supported and facilitated their transit to and from Iraq. Assad is less aggressive now against ISIS to assure there is only a binary choice that people won't find acceptable. He, like ISIS, is a monster. They both kill indiscriminately and to terrorize. You don't drop barrel bombs on market places because they're a military objective, as Assad does. Similar examples are too abundant for ISIS; they use terror as Lenin proscribed: "The purpose of terror is to terrorize."

So those are my opinions. I don't think saying or implying that Assad is a good guy or someone who shares our values is accurate. I don't see any reason to fool ourselves about him.

32 posted on 02/12/2017 11:00:41 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: patro

I’ll give you that. Marines are a pleasure to work with.


33 posted on 02/13/2017 3:07:27 AM PST by D Rider
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