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Michael Karadjis claims that Saleh Muslim made a "spurious assertion about an alleged use of chlorine" by the rebels. Readers can look at Amnesty International's report on the siege of Sheikh Maqsoud (a predominantly Kurdish neighbourhood of Aleppo) by some rebel groups and decide for themselves if the accusation is "spurious": https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/05/syria-armed-opposition-groups-committing-war-crimes-in-aleppo-city/ In my view the hostility between some rebel groups and the Syrian Democratic Forces is a product of Turkish and Gulf state intervention. Gulf funding and Turkish military aid have gone largely to the more reactionary rebel groups that are hostile to Kurdish rights and/or the rights of religious minorities and/or the PYD's leftist politics. Chris Slee _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
