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Assad: Al-Qaeda Has an Air Force - the Israeli Air Force
Arutz Sheva ^ | 1/26/2015, 1:13 AM | Elad Benari

Posted on 01/25/2015 3:51:36 PM PST by Dave346

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Sunday accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of conspiring with the Al-Qaeda terrorist group.

“It’s very clear. Because whenever we make advances in some place, they attack in order to undermine the army. It’s very clear,” Assad told the American Foreign Affairs magazine in excerpts of an interview that will be published in full on Monday.

“That’s why some in Syria joke, how can you say that Al-Qaeda doesn’t have an air force? They have the Israeli air force,” he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; assad; idf; islam; israel; radical; syria; terror; war; waronterror

1 posted on 01/25/2015 3:51:37 PM PST by Dave346
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To: Dave346

To Israel, the Hezbollah, Iran, and Assad are far greater threat than AlQaeda and ISIS combined. The shites and their Persian masters are far worse for Israel’s existence than the Sunni barbarians.


2 posted on 01/25/2015 3:58:03 PM PST by sagar
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To: Dave346

lol There probably IS an element of truth to that statement.

Of course, when they’re all bad guys.....


3 posted on 01/25/2015 4:00:15 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Dave346

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IOW, You’re either unequivocally for me, or you are satan himself.

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4 posted on 01/25/2015 4:07:00 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: sagar

Flesh that out for us. How is an Alawite Syria worse than one run by Sunnis and Isis? Israel is being idiotic in this one. They are determined to have an ISIS state right on their border.

Its a fools game to pretend either one is worse than the other.


5 posted on 01/25/2015 4:15:54 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

So you believe Assad is telling the truth?


6 posted on 01/25/2015 4:19:15 PM PST by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Call it what you will. 100% of the Israeli air strikes in Syria are aimed at the Syrian government forces, not at Al Qeida, ISIS, and the so called moderate Sunnis.

So yeah, what Assad said is accurate, and kinda funny too. Israeli air power always benefits Al Qeida in the Syrian fight. For all the excuses, when ISIS/AQ takes over and is side by side on the Israeli border, the Israeli strikes helped that happen.

McCain and Obama also wanted to conduct airstrikes to hurt the Syrian government and to establish a no fly zone for the Syrian AF. That clearly helps the bad guys who are even worse in my opinion.


7 posted on 01/25/2015 4:30:34 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: GeronL

Look, they both are dangerous in one way or another. But all I saying is that if you were a Syrian Christian, would you hope Assad’s regular army held your town, or the black flag ISAS/AQ bunch?


8 posted on 01/25/2015 4:49:43 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

“How is an Alawite Syria worse than one run by Sunnis and Isis?Israel is being idiotic in this one.”

No, Israel is the only rational party in this mess.

The Alawite Syria is the proxy for Iran, a shite nuclear state whose goal is the destruction of Israel and usher in the Islamic judgement day.

Sunnis have the same goal, but they are not nuclear armed in Israel’s vicinity. The monsters from ISIS don’t even know how to fly planes, for example.

It is pure coincedence that the Sunni-Shite civil war is keeping both enemies of Israel from attacking her. Israel is making sure that they continue.


9 posted on 01/25/2015 4:59:47 PM PST by sagar
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To: DesertRhino
if you were a Syrian Christian, would you hope Assad’s regular army held your town, or the black flag ISAS/AQ bunch?

Assad is dangerous to Israel. ISIS/AQ is dangerous to Israel. Your question is the tie-breaker.

10 posted on 01/25/2015 5:04:20 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Dave346

Socialism cannot function without racism, and collectivism cannot function without antisemite type ghetto.


11 posted on 01/25/2015 5:06:40 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: Dave346

Assad’s own language is what breeds ISIS. And it did not help he made dissident bow to Assad’s picture calling him God.


12 posted on 01/25/2015 5:12:59 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: lavaroise

“Assad’s own language is what breeds ISIS. “

Islam breeds ISIS and it has for 1400 years.


13 posted on 01/25/2015 5:18:46 PM PST by sagar
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To: DesertRhino

“if you were a Syrian Christian, would you hope Assad’s regular army held your town, or the black flag ISAS/AQ bunch?”

If I was a Syrian Christian ,no doubt that I would be supporting Assad and Hezbollah. But I am not, so I can be a bit objective and root for a never ending Islamic civil war that keeps both Islamic factions busy.


14 posted on 01/25/2015 5:22:57 PM PST by sagar
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To: DesertRhino

Better to have ISIS in Syria than in Jerusalem. Seriously though, why should I believe the IAF is even doing anything?


15 posted on 01/25/2015 5:25:08 PM PST by GeronL
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

The conspiracy nutjob claims continue.

Assad started a civil war, stoked it by arming local yokels, welcomed in a foreign occupier (Iran, and its proxies from Lebanon), and bitches when the IAF stops Iran from moving missiles to Lebanon.


16 posted on 01/26/2015 3:22:46 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: GeronL
Ever wonder why ISIS does not attack Israel and Israel supports ISIS (aka Al-Qaeda) by attacking Syria?
17 posted on 01/26/2015 3:47:04 AM PST by Enlightened1
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