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10. Intermediate religious zealotry

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:49 PM

Oct 2015

fsa are nominally secular, nusra are grade A nutty zealots on par with isis. Between them are a zoo of sunni outfits of varying sanity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_armed_groups_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War

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Thousands of Iranian troops are now in Syria for ground offensives against insurgents [View all] MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 OP

I wonder If Saudi troops will join in daleo Oct 2015 #1

There are many, many Saudi Wahhabi'ist volunteers in there. N/t roamer65 Oct 2015 #7

Saudi will never join SereneG Oct 2015 #17

Agree on the world war concern, can you IMAGINE any con in the WH? randys1 Oct 2015 #2

This is where WW3 will start. roamer65 Oct 2015 #8

Note the media is too chicken to tell us the name of who controls allepo Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #3

No one faction controls Aleppo MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #4

So the "rebel area" what's the name of that group. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #5

It's a completely chaotic/fluid mix of nusra, fsa and intermediate jihadis MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #6

Intermediate Jihadis? daleo Oct 2015 #9

Intermediate religious zealotry MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #10

This has a walking into WW1 feel to it. neverforget Oct 2015 #11

Theodore Roosevelt knew WW1 was coming as early as 1910. roamer65 Oct 2015 #14

I say good. Let somebody elses kids die in this mess. CanonRay Oct 2015 #12

Iranian MPs arrive in Damascus before joint offensive MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #15

China says not planning to send military forces to Syria MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #16