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Leader of al Qaeda Syria wing says aims to take Damascus
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] The leader of al Qaeda's Syria wing said his group was focused on capturing Damascus and warned members of the country's minority Alawite sect to renounce  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad The Scourge of Hama... and change their beliefs in order to be safe. The Nusra Front has made gains in northwestern Syria alongside other murderous Moslem groups in recent weeks, seizing the city of Idlib, the town of Jisr al-Shughour and bringing them closer to government-held coastal areas north of the capital. "We will continue our focus on Damascus and on toppling this regime," Nusra's Abu Mohamad al-Golani told news channel Al Jazeera in a rare interview aired on Wednesday. "I assure you, Assad's fall won't take a long time."  His warning to Alawite villages and uncompromising language will do little to dispel Western fears about the growing influence of hardline The Sunni Moslem Nusra Front is the most powerful faction in Syria opposing both Assad and the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... . It was not clear where the interview took place and Golani's face was not shown. He sat on an ornate chair opposite the interviewer with his back to the camera. Posted by: Fred 2015-05-28 |
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