'Cuddly Jihadists' declare their own Emirate in Aleppo (with Qatari, Turkish & some US blessings)

'ISTANBUL — One week after radical Islamists in Iraq declared a “Caliphate” spanning the Iraqi-Syria border with its capital in Mosul, Al Qaida’s affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al Nusra, said it is setting up an “Emirate” in besieged rebel-held parts of Aleppo..."

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