{"id":24883,"date":"2017-04-01T00:45:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T00:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/09\/10\/so-whats-the-difference-between-hardcore-and-moderate-syrian-rebels-iowahawk-explains\/"},"modified":"2017-04-01T00:45:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T00:45:38","slug":"what-makes-moderate-syrian-rebels-different-iowahawk-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/24883","title":{"rendered":"What makes ‘moderate Syrian rebels’ different? Iowahawk&nbsp;explains"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/000Dillon000\/status\/509747329407418369\n<p>President Obama reportedly thinks it’d be a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/09\/10\/the-new-jv-squad-obama-reportedly-wants-to-arm-moderate-syrian-rebels\/\">great idea to arm and train “moderate Syrian rebels.”<\/a> Yeah, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/steven-sotloff-sold-to-isis-by-rebels-family-spokesman-says\/\">about that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the family of Steven Sotloff told CNN that the slain American journalist was sold to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/iraq-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria<\/a> militant group by “so-called moderate rebels” and the family’s relationship with the Obama administration is “strained.”<\/p>\n<p>“For the first time we can say Steven was sold at the (Syrian) border,” Barak Barfi told Anderson Cooper on Monday. “Steven’s name was on a list that he had been responsible for the bombing of a hospital. This was false. Activists spread his name around.”<\/p>\n<p>…<\/p>\n<p>“We believe these so-called moderate rebels that people want our administration to support – one of them sold him probably for something between 25,000 and 50,000 dollars and that was the reason he was captured,” Barfi said, citing “sources on the ground.”<\/p>\n<p>But maybe these&nbsp;“moderate” rebels will be different from those other guys:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/iowahawkblog\/status\/509745245513207809\n<p>Ohhhh.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/tweedylouwho\/status\/509750010984927232\n<p>Well, we can work with that.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/09\/10\/so-whats-the-difference-between-hardcore-and-moderate-syrian-rebels-iowahawk-explains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2014\/09\/10\/so-whats-the-difference-between-hardcore-and-moderate-syrian-rebels-iowahawk-explains\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/000Dillon000\/status\/509747329407418369 President Obama reportedly thinks it’d be a great idea to arm and train “moderate Syrian rebels.” Yeah, about that: A spokesman for the family of Steven Sotloff told CNN that the slain American journalist was sold to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group by “so-called moderate rebels” and the family’s relationship &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/24883\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What makes ‘moderate Syrian rebels’ different? 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