Sunday, December 2, 2012

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AP Exclusive: A year of strife hardens Syrian rebel brigade into fierce, Islamist fighters

MAARET MISREEN, Syria (AP) — A year ago, a soft-spoken sweet shop owner from this poor Syrian town got together with his little brother and eight friends to declare war on President Bashar Assad.

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