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Source: U.S.-trained rebels return to Syria
CNN ^ | updated 8:15 AM EDT, Fri March 15, 2013 | Saad Abedine contributed to this report.

Posted on 03/15/2013 6:12:13 AM PDT by Pan_Yan

(CNN) -- The first Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military and intelligence officers in Jordan returned to Syria on Thursday, a senior rebel spokesman told CNN.

About 300 rebel fighters received specialized training in Jordan in the use of various weapons, including anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other types of advanced systems, the spokesman said.

More rebel fighters are currently undergoing training.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arabspring; dod; fff; freesyrianarmy; iran; israel; jordan; lebanon; llorst; syria; waronterror; wot

1 posted on 03/15/2013 6:12:13 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

The Democrats screamed for years about the Contras, but not a peep about this? What is our national interest in doing this? How does this help Detroit?


2 posted on 03/15/2013 6:18:08 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Pan_Yan
Terrorists trained by the Obama Administration. What could go wrong?

What difference does it make?

3 posted on 03/15/2013 6:22:33 AM PDT by Pollster1
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To: blueunicorn6
"The Democrats screamed for years about the Contras, but not a peep about this? What is our national interest in doing this? How does this help Detroit?"

It is not in the national interest, but it is in Obama's. Imam Obama is toppling the secular dictators in the Middle East and North Africa to assemble the Muslim dream of the Greater Caliphate which will then attack Israel.

4 posted on 03/15/2013 6:30:04 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Pan_Yan

Obama is losing this proxy war.

Obama provided MANPADS so that the Syrian Army didn’t have air superiority, but the stupid rebels stand in one area with a bunch of machine guns and Snackbar until they get blown up by tanks, mortars, or artillery.

They run into a town that the army has no presence in, say they conquered it, and then get blown up when the army rolls in.

I say keep the Snackbar slaughter going. Less idiots to face later when the Mahdi comes.


5 posted on 03/15/2013 6:35:45 AM PDT by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: struggle

Remember watching the daily reports from Libya with imbedded reporters sending out pictures and videos of wild-eyed screaming yutes driving around and firing randomly with their Toyota mounted anti-aircraft guns? Notice you aren’t getting many pictures out of Syria?


6 posted on 03/15/2013 6:48:45 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (I love it when spell check selects every single word in my post.)
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To: blueunicorn6

They get to send their families here to repopulate Detroit. I thought everyone knew that.


7 posted on 03/15/2013 6:59:06 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: Pan_Yan

>>Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone.

If you go to liveleak.com you can see them getting worked pretty hard.

It’s a tough day at the snackbar.


8 posted on 03/15/2013 7:00:41 AM PDT by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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How soon before those same weapons are turned on US interests??


9 posted on 03/15/2013 7:07:33 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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Bingo.

One day we will have to fight those that we are now training.

But vwhy are we training them anyway. Why are we sticking our nos into Syria’s business?

We already gave Egypt to the Christian killers.


10 posted on 03/15/2013 7:50:38 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: struggle

Probably keeping the MANPADS to use against infidel airplanes in infidel countries. Beyond insane.


11 posted on 03/15/2013 7:52:37 AM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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