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   From: ricker@nobody.com   
      
   Yesterday’s beheading of French tourist Herve Gourdel by an   
   Algerian group prompted France to consider an expanded role in   
   the anti-Islamic State air strikes that began this week.   
      
   The Arab League, the European Union and NATO all back action   
   against the group, and the U.S.-led coalition boasts over 50   
   member states, but who is really doing the heavy lifting?   
      
   As this Reuters map shows, a couple of the usual suspects — the   
   U.S. and France — carried out Tuesday’s initial attacks. But in   
   an expression of just how broadly dislike for the Islamic State   
   extends, they were joined or supported by a number of Sunni-   
   majority countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia,   
   Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.   
      
   Even with Australia, England and Turkey on the cusp of   
   involvement, the difference between the articulated coalition   
   and those actually participating is sizable.   
      
   Obama is a gutless cunt.   
      
   http://blogs.reuters.com/data-dive/files/2014/09/pdfnews.jpg   
      
       
      
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