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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
24. If your fighting Assad, the media will call you a militant or rebel.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:04 PM
Jun 2015

The term jihadist or terrorist is not used.

Things don't look good for him. delrem Jun 2015 #1
Your excerpt mentions Blackwater, but leaves out the connection... JHB Jun 2015 #2
So were several of the 9/11 hijackers. We have learned nothing, and the consequences will be severe leveymg Jun 2015 #3
The origins of ISIS and their purpose according to Gen Wesly Clark. Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #4
Direct link to a cnn report about this. They must have changed it. There's no mention of Cerridwen Jun 2015 #5
It appears you are right. leveymg Jun 2015 #8
The article in the OP just threw in blackwater/xi/academi and I couldn't Cerridwen Jun 2015 #9
Exactly. Could be "poisoning of the well" to discredit the original CNN report. leveymg Jun 2015 #12
I agree. I think it's "pretty damning" of our ally Tajikistan... Cerridwen Jun 2015 #17
The CNN video on the page mentions Blackwater extensively. It's just not mentioned in the text. think Jun 2015 #10
Thanks. The video pointed out more inconsistencies and some additional info. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #13
See my reply #13 below. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #15
It's on the CNN video on the page you link to. The text on CNN's page doesn't mention it. think Jun 2015 #11
Sorry my reply (above) took so long. Cerridwen Jun 2015 #14
I didn't check the video at first either. Did a Google search and found another news site think Jun 2015 #16
If that toast is with coffee, you're on. :) Cerridwen Jun 2015 #18
Yes, coffee here as well :) think Jun 2015 #19
Truth will out malaise Jun 2015 #6
How many terrorist training camps does the US operate, I wonder. n/t FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #7
I do know that Contras were trained in the Everglades, without Congress MisterP Jun 2015 #23
Oy vey, the U.S. creates and trains all terrorists. nt valerief Jun 2015 #20
Just the ones that actually manage (or nearly) carry out mass casualty attacks inside the US. leveymg Jun 2015 #21
So...he is a militant and not a terrorist? Interesting...I thought ISIL was a terrorist organization Rex Jun 2015 #22
If your fighting Assad, the media will call you a militant or rebel. Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #24
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