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A Confusing Mix And Continuous Suffering

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2012 · People & Blogs

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Islamic radicals captured a key Syrian army base outside Aleppo as the city is left battered and divided amid a growing humanitarian crisis. NBC's Richard Engel reports. 

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Assad (Allegedly) Fires Scud Missiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_TjXdG9KK4

US designates radical Syrian rebel group as terror organization
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/11/15841099-us-designates-radical-syrian-rebel-group-as-terror-organization?lite

U.S. branding of al-Nusra as terrorists may have unintended consequences
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/11/world/meast/syria-terror-group-explainer/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
"... But the decision is getting mixed reviews in Syria. Rebels in brigades fighting around Aleppo have told CNN that the move is a miscalculation. Their argument goes something like this: "The U.S. and the West in general have given us next to no help while we've witnessed thousands die at the hands of Bashar al-Assad's heavy weaponry and dominance of the skies."

Lots Of Bad Guys (Or Maybe We Should Support Al-Assad)
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Exclusive: UK military in talks to help Syria rebels (independent, Dec 11, 2012):
"A plan to provide military training to the Syrian rebels fighting the Assad regime and support them with air and naval power is being drawn up by an international coalition including Britain, The Independent has learnt..."

Syria rebels overrun Aleppo military base (BBC, Dec 10, 2012):
"Rebel fighters are reported to have captured large parts of a big military base in northern Syria, the latest in a string of losses by government forces.The attack on Base 111 at Sheikh Suleiman, about 25km (15 miles) west of the city of Aleppo, on Sunday, was said to have been led by Islamist militants. Video posted online showed them seizing military vehicles, including a tank..."

Gulf warned over threat from Islamists (gulf-daily-news, Dec 10, 2012):
"GULF countries have been urged to beware of the rise of Islamist political parties in the Mideast. Chairman of the Jeddah-based Gulf Research Centre, Dr Abdulaziz Sager, warned ... terrorist groups were now using Yemen as a base from which to conduct operations and called on the GCC to intervene ... Islamists have already claimed a foothold in Egypt, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia, where the Muslim Brotherhood has swept to power..."

Terror funds linked to shady charities (gulf-daily-news, Dec 10, 2012):
"HUNDREDS of millions of dollars a year are being channelled into the hands of the Taliban - much of it from the Gulf ... Shady charities in the GCC continue to funnel cash to Afghanistan to fund insurgents, said Afghanistan Centre for Research and Policy Studies director Haroun Mir..."

Syrian Rebels Tied to Al Qaeda Play Key Role in War (NYT, Dec 8, 2012):
"The lone Syrian rebel group with an explicit stamp of approval from Al Qaeda has become one of the uprising's most effective fighting forces, posing a stark challenge to the United States and other countries that want to support the rebels but not Islamic extremists. Money flows to the group, the Nusra Front, from like-minded donors abroad..."

Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order (MSNBC, Dec 6, 2012):
"The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday. The military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into aerial bombs..."

Rape is shredding Syria's social fabric (CNN, Dec 5, 2012):
"Honor killings, forced marriages and divorce are just a few of the ways shame is destroying lives in Syria. There is also suicide when the shame becomes too much to bear, such as the story on our map telling of a girl in Latakia who reportedly killed herself by jumping off a balcony after rape. But the concept of honor is failing Syrian women in another way..."

Rebel leader says Syria on path to becoming Islamic state (AP, Nov 30, 2012):
"A leader of an al-Qaida-inspired militant group fighting the regime in Syria said his men do not fear death and they are determined to form an Islamic state. Jabhat al-Nusra — Arabic for "the Support Front" — has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings and other attacks on regime targets across the country ... The group has raised fears of a growing Islamic militant element among the forces seeking to topple President Bashar Assad. "Thanks to our strong faith we do not fear death, because we think that if you are killed by the hands of this regime, then we will be martyrs and we will go to paradise," said Sheik Abu Ahmed, 41, a regional military commander..."

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