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Russia Kills Top Rebel Leader Zahran Alloush In Airstrike Near Damascus

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A suspected Russian airstrike east of Damascus has killed Jaysh al Islam chief Zahran Alloush, Retuers reports.

According to the London-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (so, according to Rami Abdulrahman's on the ground sources), five other commanders were also killed when Moscow's warplanes targeted one of the group's meetings in Eastern Ghouta, the site of the infamous chemical attack of 2013 that nearly resulted in the launch of a US air campaign against the Assad government.

This, allegedly, is footage of the strike:

Alloush, the son of Saudi-based Salafist cleric Abdallah Alloush, commands an army of thousands and as Reuters notes, "has been effectively running the administration of Eastern Ghouta." He was suspected in the 2013 kidnapping of Razan Zaitouneh, an award-winning Syrian human-rights activist, charges he denies. Alloush's soldiers have fought ISIS in Ghouta and Qalamoun among other places. 

Earlier this month, he granted an interview to The Daily Beast. Here are some excerpts which should give you some idea of where Jaysh al Islam stands vis-a-vis the hodgepodge of rebels, militants, and extremists fighting for control of the country:

TDB: In one of your prior interviews, you said that you do not have any differences with Jabhat al Nusra, the al Qaeda franchise in Syria. You said that your Sharia adviser does not disagree with the Sharia adviser of al Nusra. Does that mean that you have no ideological differences with al Qaeda?

 

ZA: Back then, I was referring to Abu Maria al-Qahtani, one of [al Nusra’s] Sharia advisers. We saw that Qahtani was showing a moderate face and we wanted to encourage those efforts. Now al Nusra has different Sharia advisers, and ours have many disagreements with them, ideologically and intellectually.

 

TDB: How is your relationship with Ahrar al-Sham, the powerful Salafist rebel group in Syria? Why were you excluded from its new coalition against Assad called the Army of Conquest?

 

ZA: Jaysh al-Islam stands alongside Ahrar al-Sham and all revolutionary forces that fight Assad and refuses ISIS’s takfiri mentality. You should ask them this question. We have heard that one component of the army which has ties with ISIS is the one that lobbied against us.

 

TDB: Do you apply Sharia law in the areas you control? What are your views on democracy and the future of Syria?

 

ZA: Jaysh al-Islam does not intervene in the judiciary body in our areas. We have representatives in the judiciary councils. The judiciary councils include many sheikhs and jurists who represent the diversity of our community. We believe in the rule of institutions.

 

When I criticized democracy, I was referring to the manipulation of people through lies covered by attractive colors. The democracy of Assad, the pluralism of the Baath, and the Islamism of ISIS are a few examples. The Western double standards are also applied to democracy. While democracy is used to serve people’s interests in the West, democracy is manipulated in our countries to bring villains to rule as agents for outside powers.  We believe that the future of Syria after Assad should be governed by a technocratic body which has the skills and the qualifications. We do not believe that Syria should be ruled by sectarian or partisan rule, but by a technocratic body that represent the diversity of the Syrian people. We do not see ourselves as Islamic. We are Muslims.

 

TDB: Unlike many areas of Syria, ISIS was not able to recruit or control any area in Ghouta. Why is that?

 

ZA: Although most of the people in our area are conservative, they aren’t radical. We have many Muslim scholars who belong to civic and moderate schools of religion. People of Ghouta are fortified from radicalization due to these facts. The West intervened after ISIS took control of Mosul in Iraq. We fought ISIS early on when we discovered their deviation from Islam and the danger they pose to our revolution and people. The West knows well that Jaysh al-Islam and other revolutionary forces are not terrorist, but the wish to reproduce the regime may affect its designation policy.

According to Joshua Landis, Oklahoma University's Director for the Center of Mid-East Studies, Alloush's ideology calls for the eradication of Shiites and Alawites:

This is an anti-Shiite tirade and “bring-back-the-Umayyad-Empire” propaganda piece. It shows how sectarian Alloush is. He refers to Shiites, and reduces the Nusayris into this grouping, as “Majous”, or crypto-Iranians. “Majous” is the old term for pre-Islamic Persians or Zoroastrians. Arab Christians use the term in Christmas carols about the Magi, or “three kings from the Orient” (or east) who come to pay homage to Jesus—Magi are Persians or Easterners. Here it is an Islamic term of abuse meant to suggest that Alawites and Iranians not only have the wrong religion but also the wrong ethnicity—they are not Arabs, but crypto-Iranians. The term Majous is used in many rebel videos to refer to the Assad regime—”al-nizam al-majousi”—or simply to refer to Shiites (or Alawites) generally. It demonstrates how demonized the Alawites are in the propaganda of the new Islamic Front.

 

Zahran calls for cleansing Damascus of all Shiites and Nusayris. (“Nusayris” is the old term that referred to the Alawites prior to the adoption of “Alawite.” It is considered a term of abuse by Alawites. 

The "tirade" to which Landis refers can be found in the following video:

On a lighter note, Alloush is also known for a viral video which appears to depict him preaching in full military garb with a Hello Kitty notepad lying on the desk in front of him:

Syrian state media has confirmed his death of and says several other group members were also killed in the strike.According to al-Arabiya TV, ten rockets hit the compound. 

Jaysh al Islam was invited to attend a Saudi-brokered opposition summit in Riyadh earlier this month, where rebel leaders were set to discuss a common position from which they could seek to bring about a change of government in Damascus.

In short, Moscow has just eliminated a powerful and exceptionally influential figure who, although he has fought ISIS and apparently now has ideological differences with al-Nusra, was violently anti-Shiite and anti-Alawite. In other words: this is a major blow for the opposition and an important symbolic and strategic victory for Assad. We close with one last exchange from the Daily Beast interview excerpted above:

TDB: Is the Russian air force targeting Jaysh al-Islam? And will you cooperate with Russia if it restricts its targets to ISIS?

 

ZA: Russia bombed Jaysh al-Islam positions for a time, and then stopped.

 

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Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:31 | 6963427 N57Mike
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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears...in...rain. Time to die." (Roy Batty) as improvised by Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner by Phillip Dick

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:41 | 6963464 kliguy38
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Watta great scene....absolutely one of my all time favoite scenes

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:46 | 6963474 stant
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Rachael was hottest character she ever played. .

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:53 | 6963484 knukles
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Vice Presidnet Zahran Alloush, Jr. will likely take his place.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:57 | 6963493 Charles Wilson
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Body parts available on Russian E-Bay.  Slightly used, not recommended for transplant or for fertilizing the petunias.  Your mileage may vary...

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:57 | 6963580 God
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When you need something done RIGHT, call in Russia.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:33 | 6963640 RonArgent
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That explains why Obama had the flag lowered to half mast at the WH.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:55 | 6963666 BaBaBouy
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There's Probably 3 Sunni Dudes shooting at each other Right Now, fighting to take over his position...

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 19:22 | 6963699 lakecity55
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Who? Bath House or the guy Vlad whacked?

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 19:44 | 6963735 Latina Lover
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Russia Kills Top Rebel Leader Zahran Alloush In Airstrike Near Damascus

Merry Christmas, Fuckface.

V Putin.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 21:14 | 6963896 COSMOS
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Army of Conquest, how the fuck are these guys Free Syrian Army, what are they freeing it from, are they freeing it from democracy to be conquered by an Army of Camel Jockeys.  Fuck you NATO and your War of Terror.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 21:29 | 6963943 sun tzu
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FSA are all foreign invaders from Saudi Arabia and Chechnya

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 23:52 | 6964315 Save_America1st
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I guess O-traitor forgot to warn the guy ahead of time with a leaflet drop.  He was too busy trying to act like a golfer instead. 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 19:12 | 6963691 Allen_H
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FortRuss said it was Abu Ham-I-Am (hamam) who will be replacing him, hope he gets the same treatment.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 22:29 | 6964067 Bobbo
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TEHRAN (FNA) The Russian airstrikes targeted the command center of Jeish al-Islam (Army of Islam) terrorist group in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside on Friday, killing ten of militants, including the terrorist group’s deputy top commander who was also a senior member of a coalition of the main anti-Assad militant groups in Syria.

Zahran Allouch, deputy commander and spokesman of Jeish al-Islam, was killed when the Russian fighter jets fired ten rockets at the terrorist group’s command center in Al-Marj in Eastern Ghouta.

Senior members of Ahrar Sham’s Shura (consultative) Council sent their condolences on the death of Allouch, who was known as the most formidable sworn enemy of President Assad across Southern Syria, as his elimination strikes a lethal blow at Jeish al-Islam and other militant groups in Syria.

Zahran Allouch was notorious for his vast ethnic cleansing of Shias in Syria. Allouch’s death will likely exacerbate terrorists’ military problems in Southern Syria, specially in Damascus province.

The Russian airstrike targeted Jeish al-Islam commanders’ meeting. Hamza Bayrakdar, Spokesman of Jeish al-Islam, was also killed in the airstrike in Eastern Ghouta.

Jeish al-Islam is one of the largest terrorist groups in Southern Syria and the biggest one in Eastern Ghouta.

Jeish al-Islam is a Saudi-backed Takfiri terrorist group affiliated to the Islamic Front a conglomerate of tens of terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government.

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Russian air strike outside Damascus kills terror leader responsible for shelling Damascus neighborhoods, Russian embassy...John McCain will cry himself to sleep tonite.  Zahran Allouch was CIA, leader of so-called FSA, otherwise known as Moderate Terrorists.

Zahran aloush was killed with his brother and top leaders by Russian raid.  Aloush was responsible for hitting the Russian embassy with rockets and mortars.  It is a very important development.  Getting rid of this son of bitch backed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the CIA is a major blow.  The Russians avenge themselves.

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 11:28 | 6965009 HenryHall
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Now confirmed that it was the Syrian air force, and not the Russian air force, that carried out this raid.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:55 | 6963487 Buckaroo Banzai
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What's the point of killing these Islamic military leaders?? They just get replaced. "Next man up!" as they say in the NFL.

The real problem isn't the leaders, it's their ideology. Islam is a militant political system whose main preoccupation is the identification and elimination of the "other"-- the infidel.

In fact, I remember reading someplace the interesting idea: that by killing the leaders, we are simply making them stronger. We help them obsolete failing strategies by aggressively eliminating leaders who are by definition unsuccessful because they allowed us to eliminate them. Darwin on steroids.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:08 | 6963511 kliguy38
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Jobs. both sides ....economic collapse must reset with war,death, and destruction.....

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:01 | 6963588 God
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Conflicting ideologies.

"Islam is a militant political system whose main preoccupation is the identification and elimination of the "other"-- the infidel."

American Christianity is basically spreading jewish central banker filth and jewish wall street filth around the world.

Take your pick.

I choose to be Muslim.

--GOD

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:18 | 6963785 Ward no. 6
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i choose neither....

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:23 | 6963800 TuPhat
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Which god?  Baalam?

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 04:50 | 6964627 John_Coltrane
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I hope you realize this whole "god" thing got started when Jesus told his disciples, "I really love and even worship my dog".  Being dyslecic, this got written down as god.  That's the problem with organized superstition like Chrisianity or Islam-its just so silly and unnecessary.  I am a pagan doggist myself.  After all dogs like to eat, sleep and fuck and so do I.   A religion needs to be fun: and that means drunken orgies-a pagan favorite. 

Show me a religious person with a sense of humor and I'll show you a closet atheist.  And moslems have the worst sense of humor of all-they'll kill you for a cartoon of Mohammad eating pussy but find nothing wrong with pedophilia. 

The universe is random and chaotic, free will is an illusion and the only thing that survives your death are your atoms-get used to it.  But the beauty is that your atoms were forged in fusion furnaces billions of years ago and even supernovae-and that's why science is so much more inspiring than any supernatural fairytale like religion.

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 08:23 | 6964746 new game
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john-well stated! fuck religion and the opiate like beliefs that band the followers.

and the majority of humans have such beliefs, wow, simply amazing and soooo

easy to control soooooooooooo many people, fucken-eh...

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 10:49 | 6964930 imaginalis
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What were the fusion furnaces made out of and where did they originate? Science has become the new belief system.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:29 | 6963530 TRM
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The real problem is Salafism and the Saudi support of it financially for 6+ decades and 250+ year alliance with Wahhab and his followers.

If the problem is Islam then why are the only people standing up to them other muslims? Some parts of Islam (Salafists) are the problem and other parts of Islam are the solution (with a little help from their friends .. Russia).

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 21:17 | 6963905 COSMOS
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Without Saudi financial aid these camel jockeys couldnt afford to even travel to Mecca let alone jet around the world and visit Terror training camps and get the latest and greatest tactical gear and training.  Fuck you Saudi Arabia.  Hope you become a globe of glass real soon.  

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:05 | 6963591 ebworthen
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Pithy and worthwhile read on this topic from David Stockman:

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/christmas-2015-why-there-is-no-peace-on-earth/

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 19:07 | 6963680 mutthead52
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absolutely correct; a brilliant analysis by Stockman that should be posted immediately on ZH. thanx for the reference

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 23:39 | 6964293 COSMOS
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Why there is no peace on Earth?

https://kat.cr/roads-taken-the-great-jewish-migrations-to-the-new-world-...

Can be easily answered by the folks who have global interests in making money and a global presence due to a diaspora.

I mean we got rid of the Italian mafia.  But its racist to get rid of the other bigger one.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:31 | 6963633 Vincent.Vega
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> What's the point of killing these Islamic military leaders?? They just get replaced. "Next man up!" as they say in the NFL.

ZOG's goal is to wipe the White Race from the face of this planet, since it's the only obstacle on the way to Pax Judaica.

The only hope to stop extermination of the White Americans is Don the Savior, his role would be close to that of Putin's (again, it's not about racial discrimination of other nations and races, it's about rescuing the White Race)

Watch this epic documentary, The Unknown Putin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL36lqR9B_gXeCDecMe9uk5EIkm7liQ7ci

Pravda.Ru would like to bring to your attention "The Unknown Putin" - a documentary by well-known Russian journalist Andrei Karaulov.

The first part of the film is devoted to the struggle for oil, which was unfolding during the first presidential term of Vladimir Putin.

There were a lot of serious, yet unknown incidents that occurred during that struggle. Andrei Karaulov formulated his idea of the documentary as follows: he wanted to understand what Putin had to experience from 2000 till 2010.

 

Part 1 (in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCU4C6ajgBI

Part 2 (in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSVNPQKDkM

Part 3 English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcZ_u0sZJ6U&index=3&list=PL36lqR9B_gXeCD...

Part 4 English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeSrux0O4tA&index=4&list=PL36lqR9B_gXeCD...

Part 5 English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il85BfnIF-o&index=5&list=PL36lqR9B_gXeCD...

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 04:57 | 6964628 conscious being
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# "ZOG's goal is to wipe the White Race from the face of this planet, since it's the only obstacle on the way to Pax Judaica. ... The only hope to stop extermination of the White Americans is Don the Savior,"

Putin is doing a great job for Russia, which also happens to be a great job for humanity. Don the Savior, not so much. Who is The Donald's go to foreign affairs guy? Non other than Former UN ambassador, rabid NeoCon and Zionist frontman John Bolton, that's who.

How do you reconcile your anti-ZOG rhetoric with your support for The Donald, while according to the link below, The Donald claims a top Zionist madman as his foreign affairs advisor? You are either shilling or being hoodwinked.

From MotherJones - Donald Trump's Curious Relationship With an Iraq War Hawk

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 15:35 | 6965540 Vincent.Vega
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That was an irony and there is no hope for the White Race in USA.

Trump is ZOG's agent provocateur, he's supposed to speak and act on a behalf of the American Whites (not to be confused with the pale-skinned Jewish Trojan horses), guess who'll be hated most by the other nations?

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 19:42 | 6963733 Allen_H
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Who cares, death rate for the last 24hrs is rougly 200 rat terrorists. It's a one way ticket, but the flow should slow soon no matter how much fiat is thrown at them, then again.........

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 19:52 | 6963743 azusgm
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Kill them and hang up their bodies for inspection.The Islamists seem to think that works, so we should use the same tactic against them. There are already stories about (mostly European) recruits in Syria becoming disillusioned and leaving the field. Fine, disillusion more and arrest them if they attempt to return home.

There was foolishness about not wanting to grant martyrdom to Hitler by showing his body. Now we get this:

http://humansarefree.com/2015/02/fbi-quietly-declassified-secret-files.html

You can click on the embedded link in that article and view the FBI's Hitler file.

The Italians knew how to make their point with Mussolini's body. The Romans used to parade their vanquished opponents through the streets before the public executions. That was a pretty effective way to destroy hope.

The official story about the Bin Laden raid and burial at sea has served to create more distrust in the Obama administration, especially after the stand-down orders that resulted in the deaths of the Seal Team members who had been involved in the Bin Laden raid.

Show the body or it didn't happen. Heads on pikes speak pretty loudly. That cacophony can wear down the less dedicated among the volunteers. They need strength in numbers. Degrade their numbers.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 21:59 | 6964006 gonetogalt
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That's fine for starters, but burying each body in it's separate grave with a disembowelled pig for a face veil and plenty of video coverage would do wonders to 'discourage the dune coons'. 

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 10:19 | 6964597 Allen_H
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I recon it would be better just to never mention their names, bury them or cremate them, and eventually so many grieving families would start asking questions about their terrorist sons, that should kick off some fireworks and give them a huge headache.

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 14:29 | 6965414 Johnny Horscaulk
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Insightless as usual.

Keep defining islam only by its extremists while ignoring the bodycounts and the more insidious extremists withing Zionist Judaism.

good little goy. netanyahu loves you.

http://youtu.be/i4OXmO3T2vc

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 23:14 | 6964220 rivoniaboy
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Ah yes...what beauty!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:29 | 6963428 gafgroocK
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So he's....a good guy or a bad guy...or just a dead guy??

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:35 | 6963445 California Nigh...
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As best I can tell, he's our guy.  The U.S. wanted him to take down Assad to reduce Russia's influence there and to increase ours.

Has all along seemed to me to be more meddling by delusional U.S. neocons, only serving to further damage our position in the world. Correct me if I am wrong. 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:41 | 6963463 WorkingClassMan
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He definitely ain't my guy and most other sensible Americans', but you're right, it's likely that the traitors ruining the US government had him as one of "theirs," because he was, after all, a member of the House of Saud terror family.

 

I hope his 72 virgins are goats.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:00 | 6963499 CheapBastard
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I think he's Langley, Class of '04 yes?

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 21:18 | 6963909 COSMOS
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One less pension we have to fund.  Russia is good for the USA tax payer.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 22:07 | 6964026 gonetogalt
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At this point the .gov can only be classified as schitziophrenic, too many multiple personalities warring against one another.

Deep State doesn't yet have the one ring of Mordor, and command and control is fragmented.

AIPAC doesn't run everything, neither does CAIR.

Beware the Lamb!!!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:39 | 6963549 Freddie
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So sad.  They could not get him to an Israeli hospital to save his miserable life.

Burn in hell bitch!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:58 | 6963495 joego1
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Depending on who you ask "all of the above". Typical Islamic tribal bullshit. Let's ignore the whole tar baby.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:33 | 6963537 HowdyDoody
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Definite bad guy. Syrians are ecstatic at this move:

‘ALLOOSH DEAD IN DAMASCUS! BASTARD BLOWN INTO SMITHEREENS! HOMS: THE BATTLE TO RETAKE MAHEEN DELIVERS SCORES OF DEAD ALQAEDA RATS; TURK-SUPPLIED CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN LATAKIA IN PICTURES 

The Russian air forces have killed Zahran Aloush, the leader of the large terrorist group Jaysh al Islam, in an air raid at a newly discovered hq in at Ghouta in the eastern Damascus suburbs.

More evidence for Turkish involvement in use of chemical weapons:

A large cache of mostly Turkish-supplied chemical weapons precursor components, along with centrifuges, gas masks, and a horde of AMerican-, Qatari- and Saudi-supplied drugs and medical items has been discovered by Syrian forces at an ISIS base in Latakia.

http://syrianperspective.com/2015/12/alloosh-dead-in-damascus-bastard-bl...

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:20 | 6963600 HowdyDoody
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Russian aviation video footage of the attack on the Jaysh al Islam hq where Alloosh was killed

https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/680451145643458560

Russian forces video of one of the invisible (according to the US) oil tanker convoys, presumably mostly over the border in Turkey in this case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH9oB1YChHs

And another one being hit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfO50uWxL7A

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:25 | 6963552 socalbeach
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He was a first class blowhard (20 secs with English subtitles. Make full screen to read).

https://twitter.com/Xerxes92005/status/680433969905709057

"... the people of Ghouta and the Levant shall crush your heads ..."

---

10 minute video with English subs of this guy in 2013, would rather listen to Obama than this idiot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhlazMjqVME

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:28 | 6963431 California Nigh...
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GO VLAD!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:56 | 6963488 back to basics
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Yup, you gotta hand it to the Ruskies, they are systematically eliminating this scum faster than we can prorect them. Go Vlad indeed.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:42 | 6963553 Freddie
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Maybe Langley can air drop some more weapons, TOW's, anti-septic and band-aids.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:28 | 6963432 JustObserving
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Another small victory for Putin and Assad.  The Nobel Prize Winner and Saudi Arabia will not approve:

Critics have accused Jaysh al-Islam of methods comparable to those of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants, as it reportedly resorts to the same inhumane methods used by the terrorist group, including public executions of prisoners.

 

Alloush has called for the cleansing of Alawites and Shiites in various IS-like propaganda videos posted on YouTube. 

https://www.rt.com/news/327094-top-syrian-rebel-killed/

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:34 | 6963434 SILVERGEDDON
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Putin's gonna have the whole middle East at peace within the next week at this rate.

And, make O'Blammie look like The Warmonger In Chief by comparison.

Eisenhower was right - and the Military-Industrial Complex has subverted the entire country and jeopardized all of the American People at this point in time.

May we survive what is to come and make things right with the world despite their best efforts to destroy what the USA truly used to stand for.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:40 | 6963457 Anunnaki
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No end to the Sunni Shia Religious war until Riyadh is flattened and Doha eradicated

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:25 | 6963526 rejected
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Never underestimate the idiots in Washington/Langley.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:29 | 6963436 JLee2027
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Best thing to do with the Middle East is to leave the Arabs and Muslims alone. They do a great job of killing each other off.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:31 | 6963441 Sandmann
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The US cannot leave anyone alone

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:55 | 6963575 outlaw.guru
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But they control the SPICE. At least the part that does not belong to house of Vlad or house of Sam.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:29 | 6963438 Anunnaki
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So remind me, is Jaysh Al Islam one of Obama's moderates?

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:32 | 6963443 Sandmann
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Obama is bewildered...he got elected President....twice.....and he has no more idea than Peter Sellers how it happened

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:35 | 6963446 HerrDoktor
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Peter Sellers was a far, far more talented actor.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:44 | 6963470 California Nigh...
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2016: CHAUNCEY GARDNER -  NOW MORE THAN EVER

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:56 | 6963490 WTFUD
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Being There

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:36 | 6963543 smacker
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Good question. In my experience, Western political elites avoid listing the so-called moderate terrorist groups just in case one of them does something the following day which is vile and inhumane. UK PM Cameron tends to talk about "the numbers of good-guys", not the names.

That said, I'd guess Jaysh Al Islam is on their good-guys list. For now.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:31 | 6963439 Blankone
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RT reported he was hit while at the established headquarters in Damascus.

Russia and Assad let Israel hit a Hezbollah official/symbolic leader in Damascus.   No complaints about the air attack even though Syrians were also killed by Israel when the building was destroyed.

Looking at the map, even Damascus is not secure.  Those overthrowning Syria occupy part of the city, Israel flies in and bombs, the town is destroyed.

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:50 | 6963480 California Nigh...
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Israel flies in and bombs, the town is destroyed.

 

This is probably a technique the Jews picked up from Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:36 | 6963545 HowdyDoody
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ISIS only occupy small parts of Damascus. The parts they occupy look like Berlin at the end of WW II. A few miles away, normal Damascus lies untouched, apart from when ISIS fires mortars or rockets at places like the university.

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:28 | 6963627 Max Steel
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Footage of #RuAF/ #SyAF Air Strike that targeted #Zahran_Aloush position E Ghota

https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/680451145643458560

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:43 | 6963658 lakecity55
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Damascus is Really Huge. It's the oldest continually occupied city in the world.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:08 | 6963770 azusgm
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"Looking at the map, even Damascus is not secure."

https://www.google.com/search?q=damascus+destruction&biw=1252&bih=605&tb...

Hasn't been secure for quite some time. The term "ruinous heap" comes to mind.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:59 | 6963485 XuscitizenSweden
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*****Kaaaa-Booooom*****

I say, Ma'asalamma Motherfucker....

Last thought in that motherfucker's mind....."E'esh Ha'daa...?"....."What's That.....?"

Merry Christmas & Thank You RUSSIA !!!!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:56 | 6963489 WP45
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I guess Santa is all out of lumps of coal this year....Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 16:58 | 6963497 WTFUD
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Russia didn't kill him it was the Freedom Alliance.

Fuck ZATO & The Wahhabi Sodomites

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:05 | 6963504 Son of Captain Nemo
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Beginning to suspect that Samir Kuntar's death wasn't a negotiated "handshake" between Russia and Israel after all...

Israel's reconaissance simply was at the right place at the right time!

Note to the Russian Air Force...

Keep them heavy bombers and AWACS airborne non-stop so you don't make any holes available for them Zionist Kikes next door in the future!!!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:04 | 6963505 o r c k
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Probably a bad idea to make genocide your life goal.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:47 | 6963562 Freddie
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Au contere good friend.   Endless numbers of evil assholes collect fat pensions from The Pentagram for making genocide their life's goal.

They often collect a second pension from a slimy defense contractor too.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:17 | 6963519 NubianSundance
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Who was on the inside and supplied the info? No way was this an accidental discovery.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:40 | 6963655 lakecity55
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Someone Dinar-ed  him out!

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:25 | 6963525 WTFUD
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Nuke Saud and this shit could be over by Jan 1st.

The ZATO can't rely on the Turkman.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:07 | 6963768 Demdere
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Please don't be stupid.

There is nothing that can be nuked that makes anything over.

Killing people has consequences forever, and we don't need the hassle.  Peaceful negotiation is the only solution to anything, and each such solution lasts as long as evolutionary systems let it.  Just the way the world is, and fighting that is dumb.

Positive-sum, non-coercive lets you live your life in peace, most of the time.  Nothing else can possibly do that well, from first principles.

A negative-sum game gives the most dishonest person in the game, or the most practiced at deceit, a major advantage.  Consider the bias of our systems ...

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 23:16 | 6964229 Genghis Kahn
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Well, Im not sure if it would be over but it would be a severe blow to Sunni extremists everywhere. Im guessing that it would put the regional power into Shia hands which means IRAN which means RUSSIA. Iran would be wise to target the Saudies instead of/before Israel. Thats the only way the Saudi's will get nuked

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 13:26 | 6965260 azusgm
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Hit the Kaaba with conventional weapons and set off incendiary explosive devices at compression stations along pipelines. Wouldn't need nukes.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:26 | 6963529 smacker
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Reading that reported interview with Zahran Alloush one could easily takeaway that he was a moderate terrorist - and it's very likely that he is classed as one by the liars and slimeballs in Washington & Westminster.

But this blows a hole in his carefully choreographed responses:

"According to Joshua Landis, Oklahoma University's Director for the Center of Mid-East Studies, Alloush's ideology calls for the eradication of Shiites and Alawites"

He might as well say: "No we don't want to slaughter everybody, only some of them."

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:46 | 6963560 HowdyDoody
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His group took part in the Saudi 'coalition of evil' talks a while back.

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:06 | 6963593 smacker
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Well, that's it then. He must be moderate.

Saudi Royals are the most moderate of all Muslims.

 

/s

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:30 | 6963533 smacker
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Alloush can now go to that great Alloh-a-Snackbar in the sky.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:38 | 6963646 lakecity55
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'Ol Vlad's piling 'em in at Allan's Snack Bar.

"You can get anything you want
At Vladimir's Restaurant.
Walk right in, it's around the back
Just half a klick from al-Nusra's shack.
Yeah, you can get anything you want
At Vladimir's Restaurant."

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:43 | 6963556 will ling
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keep pourin' it on vlad. the street (syria), neighborhood (middle east ) then north.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 17:57 | 6963579 Stoonod Nicknud
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Send moar jobs, problem solved.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:10 | 6963599 TradingTroll
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Typical response these days when I  proclaim I  don't like Islamic terrorism is the other party says they don't like any fundamentalism. Wow, so PC. Did Christian  fundamentalists attack Paris or San Bernardino? Hindu fundamentalists?  Buddhist fundamentalists?  Catholic  fundamentalists? Mormon fundamentalists? Seventh Day Adventist fundamentalists? PC stifles the intellectual  discourse. (which is why Trump tramples PC BTW)

Hate is easy. Killing is easy. The lazy way out. Now, love and compassion,  those activities  require inner strength in times of adversity. Humans are capable of both  It's a shame to see the lazy way often dominating the humans pursuing the harder way.

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:14 | 6963776 azusgm
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It's those militant Quaker extemists.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:56 | 6963863 Rhett72
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Christian fundamentalists supported the Iraq war thinking it was part of biblical prophecy (2 million Iraqis dead and counting).  Christian fundamentalists support the invasion of Palestine by Jewish fundamentalist who hate Christ, thinking it is part of biblical prophecy.  Arab Christians lived in peace in the Middle East until Christian fundamentalists supported destabilizing the region in the belief they were acting on biblical prophecy.  Now Christianity is disppearing in the Middle East while Christian fundamentalists wait for Jesus to come back (any day now, just wait and see, any day now).

 

Christian fundamentalists and Jewish fundamentalists are allied with Islamic fundamentalists right now through the CIA / Mossad created mercenary army known as ISIS.

 

Most of the evil in the world today originates from the alliance of Christian and Jewish fundamentalists who think that turning the world upside down will bring their Messiah (for the first time or second depending on brand of fundamentalist).

 

Hindu fundamentalists to this day are killing Christians and Muslims in India, with setting people on fire as their preferred means of terror.

 

Buddhist fundamentalists are killing Muslim villagers in Myanmar right now.

 

You should get out more and learn about what is happening in the world.  Hiding behind "I am not PC but I speak the truth" only works when you know what you are talking about and are actually speaking the truth.

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 13:57 | 6965343 Benjamin123
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Arab christians were "living in peace" until Muhammad's jihad attacked the bizantine empire. Dont you forget.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 21:46 | 6963976 Anunnaki
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Read Jon Krakauer Under the Banner of Heavenabout Mormon Fundy violence

And Hindu Fundys kill Muslims and Buddhists and untouchables in violence

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 13:50 | 6965319 Fractal Parasite
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The mass finger-pointing at this or that world religion is the effect of successful psy-ops.

Who were the sponsors of those terrorist atrocities? They could just as easily have recruited psychopaths from the other religious groups listed and given them the Captagon instead.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:17 | 6963604 Dark Daze
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He was a Saudi, a Sunni and a shit disturber calling for more death. Good outcome. More please Vlad. 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:33 | 6963636 lakecity55
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Medvedev: "We are over the target, Mr President! Fire!
Vlad: "All missiles fired!"
Med: "Direct hit!"

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:40 | 6963652 AlaricGaudiTheSecond
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Granpy McSame is crying like a lil ol pu$$y

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:11 | 6963773 Anunnaki
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I am quite sure he pooped ihis pampers dumped in his depends

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 02:27 | 6963669 LongOfTooth
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In the 1st paragraph it's "A suspected Russian airstrike"

But in the 2nd paragraph it's become "...when Moscow's warplanes targeted..." 

Hummm

 

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 04:50 | 6964626 The Dogs of Moar
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I assume "a suspected Russian airstrike" was the phrase Reuters used when they weren't certain whether or not the Pentagon was going to claim credit for the kill.  

Apparently the Pentagon decided not to.

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 18:57 | 6963672 SMC
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Unfortunate that the western Neo-Meddlers will not travel there and take charge themselves (put their own shoes on the ground).

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 19:46 | 6963740 pot_and_kettle
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35178684

From the article:
" It sends a strong message as to whom the Russians and the Syrian government are willing to sit at the negotiating table with, when and if peace talks take place."

Yeah, I would say that the Russians feel strongly about this....

dafuq! lol

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:25 | 6963804 Anunnaki
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Vladimir Putin's definition of a terrorist: any group or individual who takes up arms against the elected President of Syria, Bashar al Assad

No moderate rebel or free Syrian Army.

Moderate terrorist is like being a little bit pregnant.

Love the Manichean nature of Putin. Cut the shit And bugsplat them all

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 20:47 | 6963851 Avichi
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Guess he was one of the "Moderate" Islamist like Muslim Brotherhood etc..supported by CIA and Administration, guess Vlad knows when CIA gets involved in supporting the wrong guys they bite the dust.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 22:19 | 6964053 dmaak112
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Three cheers for the death of a leader of the jihadists. At least Russia is willing to fight ALL the terror groups in Syria. The Islamists that are leaving Damascus should relocate to Saudi Arabia so as to join their benefactors.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 22:33 | 6964096 Victory_Garden
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Yayyyyyyyy!

Good guys overcome the evil guys.

It is the beginnings of the real War On Evil. All will take one side, or the other.

Ask at this Holy Time, which side of the teeter totter are you on? Good, or evil??

Know this.: there is life after the death of the human body. All are judged according to their own words, deeds, and actions and nothing, or no one is going to save them from what comes to all, eventually. Those who would advance their soul in the after life would be wise to lay up their treasures in Heaven, not anywhere else with any thing material.

Often many will ask, what's a Secret of Life? A simple answer every soul on board Knows is, preparing for the next one with righteous good words, commendable actions, and out right awesomely greatly GOOD for all in the whole world, Deeds. It is that simple. All according to the Law of Cause and Effect, of course. Like the Law of gravity, kinda hard to get away from this time immortal engraved, in Stone Truth.

May The Holy Christmas spirit fill each and every soul on board so all can know peace, healing, and spiritual harmony in all the lands of this World.

Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw38pGhPXIk

Merry Christmas to one, and ALL!

+++

 

 

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 22:52 | 6964152 Chuckster
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Think about one thing.  The man said he is Muslim but not Islamic.  The man was a liar.  That is like the Pope saying he is Jewish.  We were supporting this guy.  We are supporting the Saudis.  We are supporting the Nazi in the Ukraine.  They had a torch light parade the other night.  I didn't desert my country....it deserted me.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 23:13 | 6964215 Chuckster
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What really makes me nuts is western society decided to give the Saudis and friends endless wealth that they are now using to destroy us.  What moron made that decision in the first place?  Why didn't we just take the oil?  All these problems in the ME that you see now wouldn't exist.  What ever happened to the winner takes the spoils?  Now we are going to be "dust blowing in the wind". It is simply a question of when.  Which ones of our useless leaders are we going to blame for this and at the end of the day does it matter?  I thought Nixon's team's idea of the petrodollar was a fabulous idea that has given us prosperity for several years.  Now the idea has come back to bite us in the ass....the bill is due.  Now our choice is to make the ME a piece of glass or submit to their will.  With the politically correct over educated morons in power....we will submit.  What a wonderful Christmas thought and gift.

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 08:13 | 6964741 not dead yet
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Because when you take things the people of those countries want to kill you. Most of the US casualties in Iraq happened after the war was over. The Brits, French, Portugal, Spain all gave up their colonies because it wasn't worth it anymore due to local resistance. The US did it differently by installing dictators that towed the US line who then raped, pillaged, and killed their countrymen while the US could have cared less. Stalin held onto the countries of eastern Europe because he was paranoid of the west, and rightly so as NATO has moved ever closer to Russia, but they eventually were cut loose because they were a drain on Russia.

The US has covertly meddled in the ME for it's own selfish interests since at least 1945 overthrowing, or attempting to, governments and playing off different sects against each other. The US has allowed many of those countries to get too big for their britches but still needs them so the Saudi's, to mention one, pull all the crap they want. Just like the banksters on Wall Street can pull all the crap they want and not go to jail as long as they respond when the US wants to screw other countries financially. The Saudi's and Qatar along with the US started the uprisings in Libya and Syria for regime change to hurt Russia and Iran. This would never have happened if the US was against it. Same with them funding ISIS, Al Nusra, and other Al Qaeda outfits. With all the chaos we now have Erdogan playing his games for his personal glory.

If the US had gone into the ME in 1945 with the intention of being a friend and to help it would be a totally different ballgame. Therein lies the ME solution and it's a tough sell, the US putting it's selfish interests aside and showing the ME people they are there to help. The UN has called for all parties to pull back and let the Syrians decide their fate and Obama rants Assad must go and signs a bill earmarking $500 million for Syrian rebels. Polls in Syria and Iraq show 80% + believe the US created and is supporting ISIS. Other polls around the world show the US as the greatest danger to world peace and the worlds biggest supporter of terrorism.

At least twice recently Obama has asked Iraq to allow more US troops in and they said hell no. As in Syria the US is flying many sorties but making little effort to hurt ISIS in Iraq and that's hindering the Iraqi Army which is reclaiming ground and cities. Iraq is asking the Russians to take over the air support for their operations. A few years ago the US promised Iraq F 16's and were never delivered. Iraq finally asked the Russians and they delivered planes within days. The US has a huge creditability problem in the ME and keeps proving it can't be trusted. Especially when it admits it is supporting terror groups in Syria and is pissed the Russians are bombing them.

Fri, 12/25/2015 - 23:18 | 6964238 Chuckster
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Gees guys...maybe we should support them.  After all they are moderate recovering Muslims and all they want to do is get a pair of bluejeans, work hard and raise 20 or 30  kids.   Maybe we could hire them to do our yard work or do odd jobs in Washington. 

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 00:45 | 6964417 Wahooo
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Just as the US did in afghanistan, Russia is going to kill one leader after another. It's like whack a mole, it will never end.

Sat, 12/26/2015 - 08:29 | 6964753 not dead yet
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You're assuming the new leaders are just as competent as the ones killed. Most likely not. In Afghanistan they have been at war for over 30 years so many experienced leaders can step in. Afghanistan is an entirely different terrain and even a so so leader can look good. In Syria you're also dealing with rebel leaders who along with their troops are foreigners and have little support from the majority of the people. That's why ISIS and others chop heads and resort to other brutal tactics to keep the citizens in line. Many of those fighting with ISIS do so because the pay is good which means they can support their families and keep them safe. When the time is right they drop their guns and surrender as they are doing now. Unlike ISIS "brutal" Assad is giving them amnesty and not executing them like ISIS does.

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 00:13 | 6969165 onmail1
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