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| What’s In A Name? U.S. Takes Syria’s Al-Qaeda Off Terror Watchlists |
| 2017-05-23 |
 [MINTPRESSNEWS] By changing its name to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda has managed to secure its removal from the U.S. and Canadian terror watchlists, allowing citizens of those countries to donate money and travel to fight with them. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 There is a terrorist org designation list and there is process for designation. It takes a while. In the meantime the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham is being bombed just like before the name change. also, a number of individuals are on the individual watchlist and they stay on that list |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-05-23 07:45 |
| #1 Why am I not surprised? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-23 01:48 |