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Posted: 12/12/2013 1:59:25 PM EDT
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/11/21859087-us-halts-non-lethal-assistance-into-northern-syria-after-islamic-front-seizes-bases




ISTANBUL - The United States has suspended all non-lethal  assistance
into northern Syria after Islamic Front forces seized headquarters  and
warehouses belonging to the opposition's Supreme Military Council, a  
U.S. Embassy spokesman in Ankara said.
Fighters from the Islamic
Front,  an al Qaeda-inspired union of six major rebel groups, took
control of the Free Syrian Army bases at the Bab al-Hawa crossing on
Syria's northwestern border with Turkey  late on Friday.


Non-lethal assistance can include communications equipment, body armor, night vision goggles and
<nobr>medical supplies</nobr> to assist the rebels fighting President Bashar Assad.

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Link Posted: 12/12/2013 2:01:38 PM EDT
[#1]
But...but...the islamists are the minority.  
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 2:02:57 PM EDT
[#2]
...looks like that game of chess just ended, who won?
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 4:57:11 PM EDT
[#3]
Today NPR was talking about how Turkey just realized that inviting al Qaeda to move in next door might have some negative consequences.  Shocking.
Link Posted: 12/12/2013 5:31:39 PM EDT
[#4]
We are going to stop assisting al Qaeda now?  What changed?
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