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2013-09-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane's report

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 The other half are soft jihadists?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-09-17 01:44|| 2013-09-17 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 among the non jihadists are nationalists, arabists, some socialists, etc
the more important thing is that there are many conflicts between the jihadists and quite a few of the jihadist fatalities are inflicted by other jihadists (10 to 30% or so)

Posted by lord garth 2013-09-17 06:47|| 2013-09-17 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 If the rebels start to approach victory, the hard jihadists will start working on eliminating weaker, less jihadi types.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-09-17 18:50|| 2013-09-17 18:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Soft jihad, swayin' to the wailin'
soft jihad, just me and my goat...

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-09-17 20:30|| 2013-09-17 20:30|| Front Page Top

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