Iraq: a history that must not be repeated `
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-a-history-that-must-not-be-repeated-8527163.html
Iraqis are cynical about the motives of the US and Britain in condemning an al-Qa’ida fighter as a terrorist when he is shooting and bombing in Iraq. But should the same al-Qa’ida member travel a few miles up the Euphrates, cross the Syrian border and fight the Syrian army, he is transformed into a freedom fighter and may soon benefit from “non-lethal” American and British aid.