#2 2008-10-26 18:11:45
Alarming, but not the surprise. Given Israel's bombing of those facilities in Syria (When? Less than a year ago?) there was plenty of opportunity for Syria to strike back, but it wasn't capable of doing so then, and certainly isn't able to do so now, even with its closer ties to Russia. Syria will raise a commotion, the Russians will call us nasty names, the Israelis will diplomatically support us, Turkey will remain silent, and the Iranians will fuss and grab a few comments on page 2.
That's it.
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#3 2008-10-26 18:44:26
Why are "US Troops" in quotes?
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#4 2008-10-26 18:53:50
No surprise here, but then, that's no surprise either.
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#5 2008-10-26 18:58:28
pALEPHx wrote:
Why are "US Troops" in quotes?
'cause it's unverified.
...which, given the state of print journalism in this day and age, leads one to wonder why the first character in any given article isn't an open-quote.
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#6 2008-10-26 23:23:26
pALEPHx wrote:
Why are "US Troops" in quotes?
Auto-edited on 2020-08-02 to update URLs
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#7 2008-10-27 03:14:32
The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point later conducted a detailed study of the "Sinjar Records," which was published in July 2008. The study showed that al Qaeda had an extensive network in Syria and the Syrian government has allowed their activities to continue.
"The Syrian government has willingly ignored, and possibly abetted, foreign fighters headed to Iraq," the study concluded. "Concerned about possible military action against the Syrian regime, it opted to support insurgents and terrorists wreaking havoc in Iraq."
Al Qaeda established multiple networks of "Syrian Coordinators" that "work primarily with fighters from specific countries, and likely with specific Coordinators in fighters’ home countries,"
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#8 2008-10-27 03:16:16
Al Qaeda is not a monolithic organization, for fuck's sake.
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