Tuesday, June 18, 2013

2012 - Syrian Rebels: When We Finish With Assad, We Will Fight the U.S.! (send more weapons!)

McClatchy Newspapers ^ | December 2, 2012 | David Enders

Al Qaida-linked group Syria rebels once denied now key to anti-Assad victories

Nearly a year later, however, Jabhat al Nusra, which U.S. officials believe has links to al Qaida, has become essential to the frontline operations of the rebels fighting to topple Assad.

“When we finish with Assad, we will fight the U.S.!” one Nusra fighter shouted in the northeastern Syrian city of Ras al Ayn when he was told an American journalist present. He laughed as he said it and then got into a van and drove off, leaving the journalist unable to ask whether it had been a joke.
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