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US set to boost support for Syria opposition

The United States was set to boost its support for rebels battling Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday as world powers held key talks with the opposition in Rome.

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks to the Syrian opposition's National Coalition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib during the family photo for talks on February 28, 2013 in Rome. The US was set to boost its support for rebels battling Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday as world powers held key talks with the opposition in Rome.

The new US Secretary of State John Kerry met for about an hour with opposition leader Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib before the 11-nation Friends of Syria meeting kicked off at the 16th-century Villa Madama on a hilltop above Rome.

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    Discussion 1 : 28 Feb 2013 at 11.361

    Never has it been more obvious that the "rebels" in Syria were and are (and have been all along) Al Qaeda. Even the leader al-Khatib of the so-called Syrian National Council openly admits Al Qaeda constitutes the SNC's armed militants and demanded the US support al-Nusra. So the US is going to further arm and support Al Qaeda after a 10 year "War on Terror?" The UN's silence on this says a lot about the illegitimacy of "international rule of law."

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