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CJCRANE

(18,184 posts) Sat Oct 24, 2015, 04:42 PM Oct 2015

Syrian Army Got ISIS Poster Boy

The Syrian army killed the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front) terrorist group, Egypt-born Abu Suleiman al-Masri in Aleppo, a source confirmed to Sputnik Saturday.

LINK: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151024/1029055413/syria-al-nusra-leader-killed.html

This is the guy who's in a lot of the posed ISIS photos, the guy with the ear-to-ear chin rug surrounded by masked fighters.

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Syrian Army Got ISIS Poster Boy (Original Post) CJCRANE Oct 2015 OP

I thought it was the Kurds? What is a reliable source for news about this war? Anyone? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1

There are some gruesome photos on the Daily Mail*. Western media tend to ignore CJCRANE Oct 2015 #2

A net benefit to the world,I should think. hifiguy Oct 2015 #3

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

1. I thought it was the Kurds? What is a reliable source for news about this war? Anyone?

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 05:01 PM

Oct 2015

Because I do not think it likely it is sputniknews.com.

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)

2. There are some gruesome photos on the Daily Mail*. Western media tend to ignore

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 05:06 PM

Oct 2015

what's happening in Syria, Iraq, Yemen etc. unless it directly involves western troops or citizens.

That's why I read the foreign media to keep up to date.

*I didn't look at them but there's a warning on the report.

LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3287566/Al-Qaeda-s-leader-Syria-Sheikh-Abu-Sulaiman-Al-Masri-killed-Aleppo.html

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

3. A net benefit to the world,I should think.

Reply to CJCRANE (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 05:17 PM

Oct 2015

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