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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 08:01 AM Aug 2013

Syria militant vows revenge for alleged gas attack

Source: AP

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The leader of an al-Qaida linked militia fighting to overthrow the Syrian government has vowed to take revenge for what he says was Damascus' use of chemical weapons that killed hundreds of people.

Jabhat al-Nusra leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani's comments came in an audio recording posted Sunday on a militant website that usually carries al-Qaida and similar groups' statements. It also appeared on the group's Twitter and Facebook accounts.

The authenticity of the claim could not be immediately verified.

Al-Golani said he plans to target Shiite Muslim villages. President Bashar Assad's regime is dominated by the Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/syria-militant-vows-revenge-alleged-gas-attack

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Syria militant vows revenge for alleged gas attack (Original Post) Bosonic Aug 2013 OP
Are the rebels going to use chemical weapons again? Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #1
great! dtom67 Aug 2013 #2
 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
1. Are the rebels going to use chemical weapons again?
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 10:01 AM
Aug 2013

They got caught last time and I'm sure they were guilty this time. And I'm sure they will be guilty next time.


You can't trust thugs, foreign jihadist and Al Qaeda.

dtom67

(634 posts)
2. great!
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 04:32 PM
Aug 2013

So there is no need for us to intervene; someone else is handling it!

No need for more blood on our hands.

Glad that is settled.

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