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Extremists showing up on front lines in Syria
Sep 19th, 2012
The bearded gunmen who surrounded the car full of foreign journalists in a northern Syrian village were clearly not Syrians. A heavyset man in a brown gown stepped forward, announced he was Iraqi and fingered through the American passport he had confiscated. (Source: Associated Press) -
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