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A Jordanian soldier keeps watch on top of a military vehicle as Syrian refugees cross the border from Syria into Jordan (unseen), near Mafraq, on the border with Syria, on February 18, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Kahlil Mazraawi
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 21, 2013 | Opinion
In the mid 1990s, the US government was keen to spread the news that it had allocated USD 15 million to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime and that it was spending the money to train and arm Iraqi opposition groups in the Kurdish region. Although the news resonated...