The Anti-Empire Report #121
William Blum
October 7th, 2013
The War
on Terrorism ... or whatever
"U.S. hopes of winning more influence over
Syria’s
divided rebel movement faded Wednesday after 11 of
the biggest
armed factions repudiated the Western-
backed political opposition coalition
and announced
the formation of an alliance dedicated to creating
an
Islamist state. The lead signatory of the new
group is al-Qaeda-affiliated
Jabhat al-Nusra, the
United States designates a terrorist
organization."
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