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| AQ in Syria executes top US backed FSA commander. |
| 2013-12-20 |
| [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-WawiÂ’s 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 FrontÂ’s leaders were members of the FSAÂ’s military council while simultaneously fighting alongside Jabhat al-Nusra, SyriaÂ’s 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 |
| #5 I personally am still waiting to learn how Iran is going to help the US-Allies contain or defeat the Qaeda Boyz, etal. in return for SSSSHHHHH keeping its Nucprogs. Ditto as per new Nippon Ambassador Caroline Kennedy vee preventing China-vs-Japan/Everybody military conflict in East Asia. Lest we fergit, JAPANESE MEDIAS = fear Sino-Japan war could break out as early as this coming January 2014. IFF IRAN DOES LITTLE OR NOTHING TO STOP AL-QAEDA COME SUMMER 2014, I.E. WIDIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THE US + ISRAEL WILL LIKELY RESUME [consummate?]THEIR THREATS OF MILACTION AGZ IRAN'S NUCPROGS. By then, however, the US-Allies could easily had lost the initiative for successful Milaction depending on how Iran effect utilizes the lead time given between now + Summer 2014. THE SCENARIO IS THERE + QUITE REAL THAT THE US-ALLIES MAY END UP UNILATER ATTACKING IRAN COME SUMMER 2014 OR ASAP AFTERWARD TO ATTEMPT TO STOP IRAN'S NUCPROGS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE US-ALLIES WOULD ALREADY HAD LOST THE WAR BEFORE THE PROVERBIAL FIRST SHOT WAS EVEN FIRED - DITTO AS PER CHINA IN EAST ASIA + PACIFIC. * WORLD NEWS > [VOA News] 2014 TO TEST CHANGES IN IRAN. Ditto as per CHINA + IMO even BAMMERIKA [Bammer Amerika] ITSELF. Again, RISING IRAN = RISING CHINA = unless MSM-Net alleged/prescribed "Mahanist" China gives up, delays, or amends its "post-US", future World #1 "Manifest Destiny", it behooves China + PLA to make war agz US Allies in East Asia before they get too strong, i.e. BEFORE THEY GO NUKULAAR + BEFORE US-LED GMD-TMD/ABM-BMD [Missle Defense], SPAWAR SPACE STRIKE + SPACE DEFENSE, ETC. IS FIRMLY OR PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED [circa Year 2018]. The time for Rising Iran + Rising China, etal. to make their MilPol moves is NOW, + IRAN HAS ALREADY STARTED ALA SYRIA, LEBANON, IRAQ, + INCREASING [pro-Shia, anti-Militant/Jihadist] CROSS-BORDER ARMED INCURSIONS INTO AFPAK. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-12-20 18:59 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-12-20 16:58 |
| #3 And the warehouses full of lethal aid from Bengahzi? |
| Posted by: KBK 2013-12-20 14:08 |
| #2 Yes, the unfortunate trend began in about 1961 g(r)om. See map below: |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-20 12:06 |
| #1 US backed doesn't mean what it used to. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-12-20 11:55 |