Un-flippin-believable! American who allegedly fought with
Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria indicted
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Why is this so strange you might ask. Well, he was in Syria fighting with the "good rebels" (FSA) when he was rescued from a firefight by some guys from an Al-Qaeda affiliated rebel group ("bad rebels"). So he hooks up with the guys who saved him and continues the fight against their common enemy, the Syrian Army. Now he's under indictment for giving aid to terrorists. Did somebody overlook the fact that the concept of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" originated in the Middle East... --- snip --- Ex-U.S. soldier Eric Harroun, who allegedly fought alongside an Al Qaeda affiliate against the forces of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the nation’s ongoing civil war, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on two charges related to his activities in Syria. Harroun, a Phoenix native, was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to use destructive devices overseas, according to a U.S. Department of Justice Press release. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride and Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. --- snip --- Read the entire article at: |
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