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Syria rebel leader 'killed in suicide blast
AlJazeera ^
| 09/09/14
| staff
Posted on 09/09/2014 12:01:52 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
The leader of the Ahrar al-Sham rebel group has been killed along with at least 20 of his commanders in a suicide attack on a high-level meeting in Syria's Idlib province, reports say.
Local activist sources said Hassan Abboud was killed on Tuesday as he met other Ahrar and rebel leaders in the village of Ram Hamdan.
Ahrar has about 20,000 fighters, was part of the Islamic Front alliance formed to counter the Islamic State group, and has been involved in battles against both the Asad government and the Islamic State.
Another of the group's leaders, Abu Khaled al-Souri, was killed by the Islamic State earlier this year.
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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: isis; syria
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ISIS is claiming responsibility on Twitter.
Huge hit to the Obama/McCain doctrine on arming moderate rebel fighters.
To: winoneforthegipper
Syrian rebel “moderates.”
They will only cut your throat instead of sawing your head all the way off.
To: winoneforthegipper
Does this mean more weapons flowing from the “friendly rebels” we arm to ISIS?
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:05:02 PM PDT
by
grania
To: EternalVigilance
No issue they are dead now. ISIS say what you will takes care of business in short order we need to do the same.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:05:27 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
Thanks to Obama’s muddled and misguided strategy - I don’t know if this is good news or bad.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:05:37 PM PDT
by
keat
To: winoneforthegipper
So are these “our” terrorists” or “their” terrorists?
To: winoneforthegipper
Muzzies killing Muzzies,oh the humanity!
I’m going to lose sleep over this.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:07:51 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: ozzymandus
These were the people Obama tomorrow night was going to lift into the limelight.
He was so going to tie ISIS strategy into Assad/Syria strategy....ISIS just checkmated him. Again.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:07:51 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Farmer Dean
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:08:35 PM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: ozzymandus
Doesn’t matter. The MANPADs we shipped them all made it to ISIS. (Probably...)
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:08:47 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Clinton / Bush 2016?)
To: winoneforthegipper
Remind me never to schedule all our guys in one place at the same time.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:09:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: winoneforthegipper
They blowed up real good.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:09:35 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: ozzymandus
I think these were McLettuce’s terrorists.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:09:37 PM PDT
by
txhurl
(2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
To: winoneforthegipper
As far a muslims go let them thin their own herd without us committing troops anywhere. Not one American military life is worth all muslims.
To: winoneforthegipper
Whatever will the teleprompter writer do?
To: winoneforthegipper
I'd be more worried about this Thursday.Muzzies are real big on dates and anniversaries.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:11:25 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: winoneforthegipper
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:12:02 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: winoneforthegipper
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:12:28 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
To: EternalVigilance
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:12:39 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Uncle Miltie
That’s my working theory as to why IS has made the strides they have: they’re holding Aviation hostage with the MANPADS.
You let us re-arrange our sandlot the way we want, we let you keep your aviation routes.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:13:16 PM PDT
by
txhurl
(2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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