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Re: The war against Syria

Postby kimon07 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:04 pm

Robin Hood wrote:Kimon:
WTF is going on in Syria? Has anybody heard anything lately from that front? Has the war ended? Have the clashes stopped? Who won? The Syrian Army? The FSA? The Jihadists? Was it by any chance a war that was going on only for as long as there was a chance for the USA or NATO or both to intervene? What happens next? How possible is it to see Assad and FSA representatives invited to Washington or to the UN to negotiate a “comprehensive” solution? I smell another Annan (the rat) Plan here.


My guess? .....Another chemical attack .....


on TURKEY is my quess.
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby kimon07 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:11 pm

Surpris, surprise:

Key Syrian Rebel Groups Abandon Exile Leaders
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By BEN HUBBARD and MICHAEL R. GORDON
Published: September 25, 2013 76 Comments

BEIRUT, Lebanon — As diplomats at the United Nations push for a peace conference to end Syria’s civil war, a collection of some of the country’s most powerful rebel groups publicly abandoned the opposition’s political leaders, casting their lot with an affiliate of Al Qaeda.

As support for the Western-backed leadership has dwindled, a second, more extreme Al Qaeda group has carved out footholds across parts of Syria, frequently clashing with mainline rebels who accuse it of making the establishment of an Islamic state a priority over the fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad.

The fractured nature of the opposition, the rising radical Islamist character of some rebel fighters, and the increasing complexity of Syria’s battle lines have left the exile leadership with diminished clout inside the country and have raised the question of whether it could hold up its end of any agreement reached to end the
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https://dub120.mail.live.com/default.as ... 249f6&fv=1

Why does this conflict remind me so much of the Bosnian case? Strage, strange! Must be my imagination.
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby repulsewarrior » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:13 pm

on TURKEY is my quess.


...it would not surprise me if Erdogan has that as one of his Plans (A, B, C, etc.), a beautiful black op. that surely wins an election.
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby Robin Hood » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:15 pm

kimon07 wrote:
Robin Hood wrote:Kimon:
WTF is going on in Syria? Has anybody heard anything lately from that front? Has the war ended? Have the clashes stopped? Who won? The Syrian Army? The FSA? The Jihadists? Was it by any chance a war that was going on only for as long as there was a chance for the USA or NATO or both to intervene? What happens next? How possible is it to see Assad and FSA representatives invited to Washington or to the UN to negotiate a “comprehensive” solution? I smell another Annan (the rat) Plan here.


My guess? .....Another chemical attack .....


on TURKEY is my quess.


Or maybe Israel ? :roll: :wink:
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby kimon07 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:21 pm

Aaaah! Maybe this is the reason why we don't hear anything about the war in Syria any more??

Extremists Take Syrian Town Near Turkey Border

BEIRUT, Lebanon — An extremist group linked to Al Qaeda routed Syrian rebel fighters and seized control of a gateway town near Syria’s northern border with Turkey on Wednesday, posting snipers on rooftops, erecting checkpoints and imposing a curfew on the local population.


(My note: Who they are supposed to be liberating).

The takeover of the town, Azaz, by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, reflected the rising strength of extremist fighters in northern and eastern Syria and their rapidly deteriorating relations with more mainline rebels.

By early Thursday, Islamist rebel leaders had intervened to stop the fighting, although most of the town appeared firmly in the hands of the extremists, opposition activists said. The extremists had not seized the nearby Bab al-Salameh border crossing with Turkey. Azaz sits just south of the border crossing on the road to Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, and has served as an important artery for the rebellion in northern Syria, allowing arms, fighters and supplies to move in and refugees fleeing the violence to leave the country.

Its seizure is likely to alarm Syria’s neighbors. Turkey, which has vocally supported the fight against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and allowed fighters and arms to flow freely across its southern border, now faces a bold Qaeda affiliate.
:lol: :lol:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/19/world ... l?src=recg
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby kimon07 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:33 pm

Robin Hood wrote:
kimon07 wrote:
Robin Hood wrote:Kimon:
WTF is going on in Syria? Has anybody heard anything lately from that front? Has the war ended? Have the clashes stopped? Who won? The Syrian Army? The FSA? The Jihadists? Was it by any chance a war that was going on only for as long as there was a chance for the USA or NATO or both to intervene? What happens next? How possible is it to see Assad and FSA representatives invited to Washington or to the UN to negotiate a “comprehensive” solution? I smell another Annan (the rat) Plan here.


My guess? .....Another chemical attack .....


on TURKEY is my quess.


Or maybe Israel ? :roll: :wink:


Yes. Anything is possible.
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby kimon07 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:38 pm

repulsewarrior wrote:
on TURKEY is my quess.


...it would not surprise me if Erdogan has that as one of his Plans (A, B, C, etc.), a beautiful black op. that surely wins an election.


Don't know about the election but it certainly wins a NATO intervention.
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby repulsewarrior » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:40 pm

...and wasn't the Iraq War, all about winning elections?
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby kimon07 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:46 pm

repulsewarrior wrote:...and wasn't the Iraq War, all about winning elections?


And lots of oil and billions in recontstruction contracts for the vice President
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Re: The war against Syria

Postby repulsewarrior » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:54 pm

...looking for similarities between wars; here's one.

the Occupy Movement was not far off the mark. (and it spread instantly across the globe), something to think about.
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