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Al Qaeda inserting itself into Syrian rebellion

Newsy rounds up reports that show al Qaeda's growing influence in the Syrian rebellion, including suicide bombings perpetrated by al Qaeda in Iraq, and exhortations by AQ Emir Ayman al-Zawahiri for militants to fight the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

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