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Related: About this forumReport: US to defend Syrian rebels from Assad with air power
http://www.dw.com/en/report-us-to-defend-syrian-rebels-from-assad-with-air-power/a-18623346US President Barack Obama has decided to allow airstrikes in Syria to defend US-backed rebels, claims a Wall Street Journal report. The move could bring the US military into direct conflict with the Syrian government.
Report: US to defend Syrian rebels from Assad with air power
Shamil Shams
03.08.2015
The president's decision is aimed at protecting the rebels trained by US forces from attacks, including those from the forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad's regime, Reuters news agency also reported Monday.
According to "The Wall Street Journal," which quoted anonymous US officials, the move would deepen American involvement in the Syrian conflict and could see the US military fighting against Assad's forces.
The rebels, armed and trained by the United States, are battling the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group in Syria and not Assad's army.
"US officials said the decision ended a months-long debate over the role the American military should play in supporting its few allies on the battlefield in Syria," The Wall Street Journal said.
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Report: US to defend Syrian rebels from Assad with air power (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Aug 2015
OP
Unfinished business. Lebanon and Iran next. Neocons are simply inviting blowback
leveymg
Aug 2015
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leveymg
(36,418 posts)1. Unfinished business. Lebanon and Iran next. Neocons are simply inviting blowback
and another mass casualty event as a cassus belli. This time, they will plausibly claim they tried diplomacy, first.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)2. Report: Anonymous sources from Fox-owned WSJ? Then it must be true!
MisterP
(23,730 posts)3. countdown to "Baghdadi is a brave but misunderstood man defending mainline Sunnis from
the Butcher of Hama and those clit-hacking, honor-killing peshmerga genocidaires" in 3 ... 2 ...