Thursday, December 19, 2013

Epitome of Irony: 'Al Qaedaesque group "refuses to meet with US Officials"!'

"... The U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, told al Arabiya, a Saudi-owned Arabic language news service, that the leadership of the Islamic Front had refused to meet with U.S. officials, a day after Secretary of State John Kerry opened the door to such negotiations.“The Islamic Front has refused to sit with us without giving any reason,” Ford said in Arabic. “We are ready to sit with them because we talk to all parties and political groups in Syria.”
More, here, on how US officials  view the Islamic Front as the generic brand of al Qaeda.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/12/18/212072/syrian-rebel-group-rejects-talks.html#storylink=cpy

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