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...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
"The role of (the) international coalition against terrorism should be very clear," Hadi el-Bahra, head of the Syrian National Coalition, said at a news conference in Abu Dhabi.
The SNC gathers together various groups seeking the overthrow of Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
but has been weakened by divisions despite the support of Western countries and Saudi Arabia.
"We are the Syrians, we are the people in charge," he said, adding "the international community should support our effort".
Bahra said the SNC was "100 percent" capable of fighting the IS "with a proper plan which we have put in place and which we ask the international community to support".
The group would launch two offensives at the same time, "one against the regime and one against IS", Bahra said.
U.S. President Barack Obama
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said on Wednesday he had authorized the expansion to Syria of the U.S. air campaign against IS he launched in Iraq in early August.
There have been no U.S. strikes on Syria so far, but Obama's announcement drew protests from Damascus and its Iranian and Russian allies.