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Rebels Linked to al Qaeda Retreat in Syria
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Jan. 8, 2014 | Maria Abi-Habib

Posted on 01/08/2014 5:17:15 PM PST by Chad_the_Impaler

Rival Syrian rebels on Wednesday ousted a branch of al Qaeda from its base in Aleppo, whose members executed dozens of Syrian prisoners as they left, leaving the fate of Western hostages they held uncertain, activists said.

Hundreds of fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, an arm of the extremist Islamist movement, were also driven out of towns across northern Syria this week after their rivals began to rise up against them last week.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; lebanon; syria; waronterror

1 posted on 01/08/2014 5:17:15 PM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Syria is a heck of a place to hold a retreat, but I guess if you’re Al Qaeda . . .


2 posted on 01/08/2014 5:19:42 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Syria is a heck of a place to hold a retreat, but I guess if you’re Al Qaeda . . .

Just getting in touch with their inner child.

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3 posted on 01/08/2014 5:21:41 PM PST by Mears
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

You know, in a country that had real journalists, there would be a former Secretary of State and a President on trial for treason for providing support to Al Qaeda.


4 posted on 01/08/2014 5:30:32 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

0bama is deeply saddened that his friends were so cruelly rejected.


5 posted on 01/08/2014 5:37:57 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

This is wonderful news. You see?. The “bad guy” is Sunni-— NOT SHIA.


6 posted on 01/08/2014 5:42:48 PM PST by SADMILLIE (r)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Note by-line
Did the WSJ assign a correspondent to Syria ? Looks like it. Hope they did and we can rely on reliable reports comming from there even though it’s an Arab last name.


7 posted on 01/08/2014 5:58:37 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Bummer, looks like all of Obama’s supporters are being kicked out of Syria.


8 posted on 01/08/2014 6:29:56 PM PST by trapped_in_LA
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