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Re:Background on Attempts to Frame Assange as a Pedophile an... by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @07:29PM (#12739662)
The Syrian regime has, in a sense, been recognized by the US as not only a national enemy but as among the common enemies of humanity generally since it's formal designation as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1979.
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Re:Background on Attempts to Frame Assange as a Pedophile an... by pdx on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:26PM (#12739935)
Sorry, but anybody who support Hezbollah is given the moniker "State sponser of terrorism".

Iran and Syria support Hezbollah because they are unhappy with Israels expansion. Lots of people are unhappy with Israels expansion. How many UN resolutions have condemned Israel for it's actions? You count them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_UN_resolutions_con...

We are Israels big buddy, so we give scary names to the countries that support Hezbollah. But at the same time, we support rebel groups all over the world. Hell, we're supporting rebel groups in Syria right now. We also supported them in Libya.

Don't let the fact that Syria is on a list because of our unhealthy relationship with Israel, make you forget that we belong on that same list ourselves.

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Re:Background on Attempts to Frame Assange as a Pedophile an... by the_watcher on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:19AM (#12741039)
There are 3 countries on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. It's not an overly inclusive list.
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