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AQ in Syria executes top US backed FSA commander.
[Weasel Zippers] The killing of a top Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander over the weekend by al-Qaida linked jihadists underscores the declining fortunes of the Western-backed faction."Fortunes".....? Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executed FSA Secretary General Ammar al-Wawi after he entered Syria from Turkey. Al-Wawi had been an intelligence officer with the Syrian army and an important liaison between the FSA and the Western press. Al-Qaida linked jihadists previously killed FSA commander Kamal Hamami last July and two other FSA commanders were assassinated earlier this month. Al-Wawis execution follows the seizure of warehouses containing non-lethal aid from the West by forces loyal to the newly-formed Islamic Front last week. The Front is a coalition of seven Islamist militias, many of which have al-Qaida ties. Its fighters also seized the headquarters of FSA Chief of Staff Salim Idris in northern Syria. Idris fled to Qatar as a result. The seizure led the United States and the United Kingdom to cutoff the non-lethal aid it had promised to the FSA. Finally, someone is coming to their senses. At least two of the Islamic Fronts leaders were members of the FSAs military council while simultaneously fighting alongside Jabhat al-Nusra, Syrias other al-Qaida linked faction. The rise of the jihadists has already prompted some FSA commanders to defect and join them. Yet another reason to stay the hell out of it. Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-20 |
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