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Assad backs efforts to fight terrorism
The Modesto Bee ^ | September 23, 2014 | ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE

Posted on 09/23/2014 9:46:11 AM PDT by Navy Patriot

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday he supports any international effort against terrorism, apparently trying to position his government on the side of the U.S.-led coalition conducting airstrikes against the Islamic State group. Damascus said the U.S. informed it beforehand that the strikes were coming.

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The United States has ruled out any coordination with Assad's government.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; dog; isis; october; surprise; syriaairstrikes; wag
Assad and Putin have checkmated Obama again, as RIA Novosti reports Russia required Assad's consent.

The United States has ruled out any coordination with Assad's government.

But then we know how the Obama Regime lies, and we will find out by Russia's reaction to the strike.

1 posted on 09/23/2014 9:46:11 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Assad will be stabbed in the back the same way Ghadafi was....


2 posted on 09/23/2014 9:49:49 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Strange bedfellows....

This international intrigue makes the palace plots of the Medici and the Byzantine Empire seem almost like exercises in “reaching across the aisle”.


3 posted on 09/23/2014 9:53:58 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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Doublespeak...USA warned Iraq to tell Syria so we never warned Syria


4 posted on 09/23/2014 10:00:00 AM PDT by lancium
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To: GraceG
Assad will be stabbed in the back the same way Ghadafi was....

Probably, but the US and Obama will not have UN and International Law cover as they did with Gaddafi, and use of force against the US by any Assad coalition will be legal under International Law.

5 posted on 09/23/2014 10:00:59 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: alloysteel
This international intrigue makes the palace plots of the Medici and the Byzantine Empire seem almost like exercises in “reaching across the aisle”.

Nicely put.

6 posted on 09/23/2014 10:02:09 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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Doublespeak...USA warned Iraq to tell Syria so we never warned Syria

Yep, and as long as the US sticks to the targets and flight paths communicated, this won't get out of hand. All we'll see is posturing.

7 posted on 09/23/2014 10:05:56 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry passed a message through Iraq's foreign minister to Syria's top diplomat to inform Damascus of the plans.
8 posted on 09/23/2014 10:07:31 AM PDT by McGruff (we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry passed a message through Iraq's foreign minister to Syria's top diplomat to inform Damascus of the plans.

Accurate, the Obama Regime simply claim that Obola didn't ask permission.

9 posted on 09/23/2014 10:20:01 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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