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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
U.S., Arab Allies Strike IS Jihadists in Syria, Killing at Least 70
2014-09-24
[AnNahar] The United States and its Arab allies unleashed deadly bomb and missile strikes on jihadists in Syria on Tuesday, opening a new front in the battle against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 50 Al-Qaeda gunnies were killed, as well as more than 70 members of IS.
Dozens of IS and Al-Qaeda gunnies were reported to have been killed in the raids, which Washington said had partly targeted murderous Moslems plotting an "imminent attack" against the West.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  You can't tell which ones are white or which ones are black. They all look grey.
Does it matter? Blood looks grey too.
Posted by: Glenmore   2014-09-24 14:16  

#5  It's like a bunch of cats fighting in the dark. You can't tell which ones are white or which ones are black. They all look grey.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2014-09-24 14:06  

#4  U.S.-Backed Syrian Group Harakat al-Hazm Condemns U.S. Strikes on ISIS as ‘Attack on the Revolution’
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418    2014-09-24 12:01  

#3  Shiia groups are commiting atrocities too. Why not bomb them as well?
Not difficult to make a case for that.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-09-24 09:18  

#2  Getting involved in ethno-religous civil wars in Iraq/Syria makes less sense than in Afghanistan.

Shiia groups are commiting atrocities too. Why not bomb them as well?
Posted by: phil_b   2014-09-24 03:29  

#1  U.S., Arab Allies Strike IS Jihadists in Syria, Killing at Least 70

The value of alliance: if Assad have done it on his own, it would've been "137 civilians".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-09-24 00:52  

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