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State Dept. Move to Complicate Administration Plans to Arm Rebels

The al-Nusra Front, an Islamist faction of Syrian rebels described in recent reports as a “key” part of an eventual rebel conquest of the nation, is going to be added to the US State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations, according to diplomats.

Al-Nusra, an al-Qaeda-styled organization which has been responsible for myriad suicide bombings and a sustained campaign of attacks and assassinations on Syrian media that it perceives as insufficiently pro-rebel, has long been kept at arm’s length by other rebels, fearing the taint of the group’s decidedly terrorist strategy.

At the same time, many of those groups now concede that al-Nusra’s support is virtually obligatory for any major rebel moves, and the US estimates it atabout 9% of the overall rebel fighting force.

The group is upset at the planned designation, but does not dispute their tactics. Rather, they argue that there hasn’t been any specific evidence to prove their direct link to al-Qaeda, which is true enough but given the groups’ common ideology and tactics likely beside the point.

The timing of the move is somewhat surprising, coming as the Obama Administration is nearing plans to begin directly arming rebels. Conceding one of the likely beneficiaries of the arms as a terrorist organization beforehand will likely complicate efforts, and leave the US on the defensive about the policy in general.

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They must be the good guys then and all the other "Rebel" groups are dabodhilif pawns of the Jewnited States

Al-Nusra Front

Thuganomics wrote:&
They must be the good guys then and all the other "Rebel" groups are dabodhilif pawns of the Jewnited States

Al-Nusra Front

do u think it will have any affects

Is there a doubt that this terrorism thing have to do with being Muslim, who ever is more Muslim or is adhering to their religion is designated a terrorist.

how are they different from other rebels?, being rebel means to carry out attacks and kill your enemies, its just that this group are more religous and want Islamic government or Sharia law that they want to designated them as terroristm, and they want the secular, christians, shia, sunni coalition aren't terorrist, because they are doing peaceful marches? Nooo, they want a Western government.

IRONm@N wrote:Is there a doubt that this terrorism thing have to do with being Muslim, who ever is more Muslim or is adhering to their religion is designated a terrorist.

how are they different from other rebels?, being rebel means to carry out attacks and kill your enemies, its just that this group are more religous and want Islamic government or Sharia law that they want to designated them as terroristm, and they want the secular, christians, shia, sunni coalition aren't terorrist, because they are doing peaceful marches? Nooo, they want a Western government.

Exactly

IRONm@N wrote:Is there a doubt that this terrorism thing have to do with being Muslim, who ever is more Muslim or is adhering to their religion is designated a terrorist.

how are they different from other rebels?, being rebel means to carry out attacks and kill your enemies, its just that this group are more religous and want Islamic government or Sharia law that they want to designated them as terroristm, and they want the secular, christians, shia, sunni coalition aren't terorrist, because they are doing peaceful marches? Nooo, they want a Western government.

joseph kony da LRA leader from Uganda , and IRA of england , and Black panters of america , and Tamil tigers , and Dala lama of china all terrorist not jus muslims

alimacan wrote:

IRONm@N wrote:Is there a doubt that this terrorism thing have to do with being Muslim, who ever is more Muslim or is adhering to their religion is designated a terrorist.

how are they different from other rebels?, being rebel means to carry out attacks and kill your enemies, its just that this group are more religous and want Islamic government or Sharia law that they want to designated them as terroristm, and they want the secular, christians, shia, sunni coalition aren't terorrist, because they are doing peaceful marches? Nooo, they want a Western government.

joseph kony da LRA leader from Uganda , and IRA of england , and Black panters of america , and Tamil tigers , and Dala lama of china all terrorist not jus muslims

Dala Lama isn't designated a terrorist by state department, when he comes he goes straight to the whitehouse.
the others are terrorists and carried out hundreds of bombings, excutions, rapes and mascare.

now this Syria group are defending themselves from a known bloodthirsty dictator who is bombing and killing his own ppl, that is the real terrorist, not someone who is defending himself.

IRONm@N wrote: Dala Lama isn't designated a terrorist by state department, when he comes he goes straight to the whitehouse.
the others are terrorists and carried out hundreds of bombings, excutions, rapes and mascare.

now this Syria group are defending themselves from a known bloodthirsty dictator who is bombing and killing his own ppl, that is the real terrorist, not someone who is defending himself.

He means by China

alimacan; What about the proponents of Shock and Awe do you think they are terrorists

Thuganomics wrote:

IRONm@N wrote: Dala Lama isn't designated a terrorist by state department, when he comes he goes straight to the whitehouse.
the others are terrorists and carried out hundreds of bombings, excutions, rapes and mascare.

now this Syria group are defending themselves from a known bloodthirsty dictator who is bombing and killing his own ppl, that is the real terrorist, not someone who is defending himself.

He means by China

alimacan; What about the proponents of Shock and Awe do you think they are terrorists

thy r just puppets of da bigger hand did u see how thy were disposal i.e. blair , bush , cheney , colin da jamaican guy , these guys r nothing thy were used n discarded just like hitler

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter