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1. Speranza
   

   1 | March 3, 2013 6:51 pm

   Our media thought they were all Jerffersonians protesting in the streets.

   
   
2. Fritz Katz
   

   2 | March 3, 2013 9:50 pm

   WTF is going on with Rubio? Here is my email to Rubio’s assistant (whom I know personally), which I hope he will pass on:
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   Hello (** NAME REMOVED **),

   Many of my conservative friends are very disturbed by this development:

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   Sen. Rubio: Time to provide ammunition to Syrian opposition

   http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/285289-rubio-time-to-provide-ammunition-to-syrian-opposition
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   Syrian rebels defy US and pledge allegiance to jihadi group

   Rebel groups across Syria are defying the United States by pledging their allegiance to a group that Washington will designate today a terrorist organization for its alleged links to al-Qaeda.

   29 opposition groups, including fighting “brigades” and civilian committees, have signed a petition calling for mass demonstrations in support of Jabhat al-Nusra, an Islamist group which the White House believes is an offshoot of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9735988/Syrian-rebels-defy-US-and-pledge-allegiance-to-jihadi-group.html

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   Syrian Rebels Tied to Al Qaeda Play Key Role in War

   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/world/middleeast/syrian-rebels-tied-to-al-qaeda-play-key-role-in-war.html?pagewanted=all

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   Islamist Syrian rebels reportedly seize Scud missiles.

   Syrian rebels affiliated with al-Qaeda recently captured a Syrian military depot containing Scud missiles, according to reports in Arab media outlets.

   The US State Department in December called Jabhat al-Nusra, literally the assistance front, “an alias for AQI” — al-Qaeda in Iraq — and added it to the US list of foreign terror organizations, freezing all of its assets and rendering it a crime to provide the organization with any and all aid. According to State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland, the organization, representing 9 percent of the rebel forces in Syria, has carried out 600 strikes since November 2011, including “over 40″ suicide bombings and a string of successful guerrilla assaults.

   http://www.timesofisrael.com/islamist-syrian-rebels-reportedly-seize-up-to-13-scud-missiles/

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   U.S. blacklists al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group

   (Reuters, Dec. 11) -- The United States on Tuesday designated the radical Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, an important fighting force in the opposition struggle, as a foreign terrorist organization and said it was trying to hijack the rebellion on behalf of al Qaeda in Iraq.

   http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/11/us-syria-usa-idUSBRE8BA0IB20121211

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   White House endorses Syrian rebels, rebels endorse al-Qaida group [VIDEO]

   That’s a risky policy, because the administration has inadvertently helped jihadi-allied Islamist groups gain weapons and power in Libya, Egypt and Mali.

   http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/13/white-house-endorses-syrian-rebels-rebels-endorse-al-qaida-group/
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   The Obama admin. says Jabhat al-Nusra — has NO CONNECTION to al-Qaeda.

   U.S. Treasury officials on Tuesday said Jabhat al-Nusra has claimed responsibility for nearly 600 terrorist attacks in Syria since November 2011, which it characterized as attempts to hijack the Syrian rebellion, a pro-democracy uprising at its roots that has no connection to global jihadist ideologies.

   U.S. Formally Recognizes Syria’s Main Rebel Group

   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324339204578173272657834096.html
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   Someone is not telling the truth — it’s either the Obama administration — or the hundreds of other mid-east analysts, intelligence officers, and field agents that have looked at the bloody record of Jabhat al-Nusra — and have determined them to be directly linked to AL-QAEDA.

   Rubio has access to other sources of info that citizens don’t. Can you directly ask Benjamin Netanyahu if we should help Jabhat al-Nusra with millions of dollars of U.S. MILITARY aid? Netanyahu has vowed to erect a new barrier on the country’s border with Syria in a bid to prevent jihadists fighting against Bashar al-Assad’s regime from entering Israel.

   http://www.france24.com/en/20130107-netanyahu-border-fence-syria-golan

   Please pass this info to Senator Rubio.

   -- Fritz Katz
   Tampa, FL

   
   
3. darkwords
   

   3 | March 3, 2013 10:04 pm

   @ Fritz Katz: Mata Hari. As far as I can tell all the US politicians like Hilary and down that go easy on questionable Mideast relationship have a significant other from the area. Spouse or mistress or fantasy.

   
   
4. coldwarrior
   

   4 | March 4, 2013 12:11 am

   @ Fritz Katz:
   russia will handle this. please don’t get all apoplect here

   
   
5. darkwords
   

   5 | March 4, 2013 2:26 pm

   @ coldwarrior:
   I trust Putin much more than I trust OBama