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MMC
02-15-2012, 08:42 AM
They call it the jineyee, Arabic for "genie" -- or crazy female. Standing at about 60 cm high, the rust-colored metal tube doesn't look like much. But it's what's inside that counts: 2 kg of yellow granular explosive material, hooked up to a trigger device that is remotely detonated.

The handful of Free Syrian Army members who gather in this safe house on the Turkish-Syrian border hope that the improvised explosive device (IED) will help even out the odds somewhat in what has become a brutal, vastly asymmetrical civil war in Syria.

This was the first batch of IEDs this group of Syrian military defectors and their civilian partners said they had put together. "We haven't been doing this for very long," a former officer said as he inspected the devices. "It took a few tries to get it right, the mix of materials. It was trial and error, and looking some things up on the internet." A 200-g device had been tested a day earlier. "It destroyed a tree," the former officer said. "One of these should take out a tank."

The Syrian opposition -- both political and military, inside Syria and those in exile -- has asked foreign powers and the U.N. to help set up a protected zone. They use different terms -- liberated area, humanitarian corridor, no-fly zone, a Syrian Benghazi -- but the idea is the same: a patch of territory outside President Bashar Assad's control that can serve as a headquarters for his enemies.....snip~

http://news.yahoo.com/syrias-rebels-visit-bombmakers-factory-103500351.html
Time.com – 2 hrs 55 mins ago<<<<< More here!

Seems Time Mag can get with the Rebels when they are on Turkey's side of the Border. Yet all they want is a little patch of ground so they can set up a HQ inside Syria. So that they can conduct a Civil-War.

Yesterday Obama and Biden stated Russia and China allowed Assad to go on a killing spree. Due to their vote with the Security Council. See when they talk such bullshit. Thats when the should have been hit by the media with.....well look what you did with Yemen and Selah. Got any answers for that. Especially since you gave him Immunity before any Arabs did.

Conley
02-15-2012, 09:24 AM
Interesting article. Now they are calling it a civil war (correctly).

MMC
02-15-2012, 09:33 AM
Not to mention.....that it is alright in showing that the Sunni despite peace talks or any talks will still seek to fight this civil war. Not only did the Sauds back the Arab Leagues Play. But I believe they want to file some sort of Charges against Assad. Seems the Saudi King gets a little irked when he hears about those Sunni being killed. Says absolutely nothing about Assad or any Shia.

Think Obama will come up with some other sort of term for No Fly Zone, liberated area, humanitarian corridor? How about.....Clean-up, Aisle Number 7?! :laugh:

Conley
02-15-2012, 09:35 AM
Ha, yeah a "clean up" is definitely needed for this mess. I say let the Arab League handle it. They're on point and can work it out with Assad and the Russians. We've got bigger problems that need our attention.

MMC
02-15-2012, 09:48 AM
Problem is.....Obama and the Dems are not going to walk away. Obama don't like that Assad won't listen to him and step down. Moreover you know they are going to drop some weapons on those Rebels to use.

Mister D
02-15-2012, 10:14 AM
Sounds like a safe job...:undecided: