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Article updated: 10/12/2012 2:02 PM

Islamic militants help seize missile base in Syria

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This citizen journalist image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters Friday waving the Syrian revolutionary flag and holding an Arabic placard that reads:"we don't care about the title for Friday (protests), the nation is drowning in blood," during a demonstration at Sarmad, in Idlib province, northern Syria.

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Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaida joined Syrian rebels in seizing a government missile defense base in northern Syria on Friday, according to activists and amateur video. It was unclear if the rebels were able to hold the base after the attack, and analysts questioned whether they would be able to make use of any of the missiles they may have spirited away.
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