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W. James Antle III<\/strong> The Obama administration appears to be moving toward arming rebels in Syria, though the White House has only publicly confirmed an increase in the \u201cscope and scale\u201d of its military support.<\/p>\n By one estimate, seven of nine key rebel combatant groups are Islamist. \u201cAs the civil war has dragged on, the rebels have become more Islamist and extreme,\u201d the Economist reports. Thus the administration\u2019s decision to arm only the non-Islamist rebels may soon resemble O.J. Simpson\u2019s search for the \u201creal killers.\u201d<\/p>\n Arms shipments approved by the Obama administration have already ended up in the hands of jihadists in Libya. \u201cThe weapons and money from Qatar strengthened militant groups in Libya,\u201d reported the New York Times, \u201callowing them to become a destabilizing force since the fall of the Qaddafi government.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more<\/a><\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Monday, June 17, 2013 at 1:07 pm<\/p>\n Tags: domestic news<\/a>, foreign affairs<\/a>, terrorism<\/a>, war<\/a><\/p>\n
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