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France seeks to name Syria's Nusra a 'terrorist' group
[Al Ahram] French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has proposed classing Syria's powerful jihadist group Al-Nusra Front a terrorist organization, while boosting support for the moderate opposition.Al-Nusra will someday (relatively soon) be remembered as the factor that turned a legitimate Syrian uprising into a victory for Pencilneck. "We are going to increase our support to the moderate opposition, the National Syrian Coalition," Fabius said in Friday's edition of Le Monde newspaper. "To avoid ambiguity we propose classing the Al-Nusra Front -- opposed to (President) Bashir al-Assad but a branch of Al-Qaeda -- as a terrorist organization as defined by the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... " he said. "We have begun a procedure with Britannia to submit a classification request to the UN sanctions committee," a diplomatic source told AFP. Washington already deems Al-Nusra a terrorist organization. Al-Nusra Front, which seeks to establish an Islamic state in Syria, is among the most prominent organizations involved in the conflict which has left more than 70,000 dead since March 2011, according to the United Nations. Posted by: Fred 2013-05-10 |
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