[AnNahar] A Syrian rebel force of 12,000 to 15,000 will be needed to push back Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
bandidos turbans in the country's east, three times the number of fighters due to be trained by the United States, the top U.S. military officer said Friday.
In offering the estimate, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said building up a viable rebel force on the ground would be vital to rolling back the gains of the IS group in Syria -- but warned it would take time and patience. |