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"... The United States, however, still finds itself largely powerless to stop the terror organization. Washington simply does not have any good policy options in Syria, even though Jabhat al-Nusra's new branding may lower the legal hurdles to targeting it with drones. Its strategy now must prioritize containing Syria's unconventional weapons. Make no mistake, it would be a disaster if Assad transfers them to the Lebanese paramilitary organization Hezbollah, but it would be even worse if they fall into the arms of al Qaeda...."
"Those men will continue to fight in Syria until there is a clear order that Lebanon is a land of jihad,"
"Ahmad Abu Adas, in a videotape aired in February 2005' exclusively on the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera saying he belonged to the group 'Al Nusra' that killed Saudi Arabia's Hariri"
"..."Those men will continue to fight in Syriauntil there is a clear order that Lebanon is a land of jihad," said Abu Baraa, when I asked him about the future of the Lebanese and Palestinian fighters who went to Syria. He added, "This day will have to come sooner or later, I don’t want war, but sometimes you have to do what you don’t like." He subsequently ended with a verse from the Quran: "Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing, and it is good for you, and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah knows while you know not."..."