Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed into Iraq for refuge
were ambushed Monday
with bombs, guns and rocket-propelled grenades
[ that were purchased from someone ]
in an attack that killed 48 of them
and heightened concerns that the country could be drawn into Syria’s civil war.
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[ … even tho no-one can -really- call it a civil war
when one side is getting weapons from ‘Foreign Powers’ ]