MY SAY: SO WHOSE SIDE ARE WE ON IN SYRIA?
All the arm chair generals….left and right….are demanding action in Syria….”something has to be done”…but no one is sure exactly what has to be done. Andrew McCarthy has it just right. Don’t intervene in Syria is his message. This column should remind us of the wages of interfering in a civil war where they are all evil….like choosing between smallpox and cholera.
Iraq’s al-Qaida Merges With Syria’s Militant Group
http://news.yahoo.com/iraqs-al-qaida-merges-syrias-militant-group-085916438.html
CAIRO (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq says it has merged with Syria’s extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, which has sided with the rebels fighting President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, says the two groups will rally under the same al-Qaida flag. His announcement came in a 21-minute audio message posted on militant websites late Monday.
Al-Baghdadi says the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s Jabhat al-Nusra will be known as the “Islamic State in Iraq and Sham.”
Sham is a name for Syria and the surrounding region.
The development is likely to raise concerns among foreign backers of Syria’s opposition.
Jabhat Al-Nusra has taken an increasing role in Syria’s conflict, claiming several large suicide bombings. The U.S. has designated it a terrorist organization.
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