Posted on 09/05/2013 6:51:23 AM PDT by Rusty0604
Syrian government troops battled al-Qaida-linked rebels over a regime-held Christian village in western Syria for the second day Thursday... The rebels launched the assault on the ancient Christian village of Maaloula — which is on a UNESCO list of tentative world heritage sites — on Wednesday after an al-Nusra fighter blew himself up at a regime checkpoint at the entrance to the mountain village. The four-decade iron rule of the Assad family over Syria long has rested on support from the country's ethnic and religious minorities, including Christians, Shiite Muslims and Kurds. The Assad family and key regime figures are Alawites, followers of an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while most rebels and their supporters are Sunni Muslims.
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Aha! Now we know where to bomb. Go get ‘em, Barry!
Obviously, Putin was right in saying that Kerrey is a liar.
Of course he’s a liar, he’s a democrat and anything coming out of a democrat’s mouth is a lie.
The Muslim Manchurian Candidate and Capt. Ketchup have no problem with the genetically inferior Muslims of the ME purging Christians.
So what, it is not like they are one of the protected classes in the USA which you can never speak ill of less they go off on an “offended tizzy”. The more inferior, the easier they are to be offended.
Yeah... it’s just Christians... who gives two sh*ts?
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