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2013-10-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

USMC training Syrian AQ rebels in the magic kingdom.

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Posted by Besoeker 2013-10-21 03:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 Any bets on how long before these trainees kill their first American?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-10-21 08:38|| 2013-10-21 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 ..graduation day?

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-21 09:15|| 2013-10-21 09:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I tried to post this Jane's article on my facebook page and now Facebook refuses to post any comments I make anywhere... Must touch some raw nerves with the admin.

Posted by 3dc 2013-10-21 09:24|| 2013-10-21 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Any bets on how long before these trainees kill their first American?

Better odds would be defections to Islamist units.

Posted by Pappy 2013-10-21 10:22|| 2013-10-21 10:22|| Front Page Top

#5 I seem to be blocked from posting to FB right now too, 3dc.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-10-21 10:35|| 2013-10-21 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe NSA conducts downloads on Monday mornings. Try again after lunch.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-10-21 11:09|| 2013-10-21 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 heard on radio that FB was down - it's back up now

Posted by Frank G 2013-10-21 13:06|| 2013-10-21 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Isn't that Cassus Belli for Assad to attack House of Saud and American Government?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-10-21 13:08|| 2013-10-21 13:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Better odds would be defections to Islamist units.

And then?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-10-21 13:32|| 2013-10-21 13:32|| Front Page Top

#10 If the US was the great villian many suggest we'd give these fellows some kind of slow acting but communicable plague.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-10-21 14:53|| 2013-10-21 14:53|| Front Page Top

#11 And then?

They'll either try to kill Americans. Or Israelis. Or Shiites. Or each other.

Or maybe they'll become KIAs.

Or maybe they won't defect.

Who knows.

Posted by Pappy 2013-10-21 15:53|| 2013-10-21 15:53|| Front Page Top

#12 #10 If the US was the great villian many suggest we'd give these fellows some kind of slow acting but communicable plague.

Acquired Islamic Derangement Syndrome. Too late.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2013-10-21 16:24|| 2013-10-21 16:24|| Front Page Top

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