99% of Syrian Rebels Are Islamic Extremists And Jihadist Terrorists

[Todd]

99% of Syrian Rebels Are Islamic Extremists And Jihadist Terrorists




"The lone Syrian rebel group with an explicit stamp of approval from Al Qaeda has become one of the uprising’s most effective fighting forces, posing a stark challenge to the United States and other countries that want to support the rebels but not Islamic extremists." - The CIA Times, "Syrian Rebels Tied to Al Qaeda Play Key Role in War," December 8, 2012.

"Americans are learning more about the latest piece of major folly the United States has stumbled into in the Middle East, providing arms indirectly to Islamic extremists, considered to be our most important foe, in Libya and Syria.

It almost certainly wasn't done deliberately, but what occurred was that some in the administration of President Barack Obama wanted to provide military aid to the rebels against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya and, subsequently, to Syrians fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Mideast folly: U.S. arms find their way to Islamic extremists," December 7, 2012.
After denying the reality that the U.S. government is shipping arms, money, and foreign fighters with a Jihadist and sectarian worldview into Syria, the U.S. media is finally admitting the obvious to the American people. Numerous articles in American papers point to the growing visibility of Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria, but they are only telling half-truths about the radical policies of the White House and the CIA.

The first half-truth is that the arming of radical Jihadist terrorists is not U.S. policy, but the accidental byproduct of outsourcing the war against Syria to the Gulf monarchies. We're supposed to believe that the CIA was unaware that this would happen after their experience in Afghanistan and Libya.

The truth is that the CIA is deliberately funding and arming Jihadist terrorists to destabilize Syria and change its regime. Regime change in Syria has been a U.S. aim since the false flag September 11 events, and going back further, since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

General Wesley Clark has said in numerous interviews and lectures that the neocons put Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Lebanon, and Iran in their sights before 9/11 happened. So none of this is about supporting democracy and overthrowing a dictator who is killing his own people.

Syrians are not fighting their government, and Assad is not killing his own people.

The picture the morally bankrupt mainstream media wants to paint is that Jihadist elements are scattered in an otherwise noble, pure, and freedom-driven Syrian rebellion. They are saying that Washington wants to help the rebels but not the Islamic extremists. But there is no such thing as the "Syrian rebellion" divorced from Islamic extremists.

The Syrian "rebels" are the foreign-backed Jihadist terrorists. So to support the rebels means to support the Jihadist terrorists. Al-Qaeda = Syrian rebels.

The other half-truth is that Washington is a reluctant player in the aggressive war against Syria. The media is saying President Obama is not interested in starting another war in the Middle East. But after Libya who believes this bullshit?

The truth is that Washington is leading from behind on Syria because it is too cowardly to risk its own troops to secure its dream of destroying Syria's government. So it is relying on Jihadist terrorists to do its dirty work, which involves intimidating Syrian cities with desperate terror tactics, beheading critics, brainwashing children, targeting religious and ethnic minorities, and blowing up Syria's government and civilian infrastructure.

As Webster Tarpley said in this interview, the U.S.-backed Jihadist terrorists are cannon fodder. Jihadists from all around the world, including many European countries, are risking their lives to help the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Israel gain control over Syria. Their stupidity and ignorance is being exploited by the CIA and its partners in crime.

The leaders of the Jihadist terror groups know perfectly well what they're doing and who they're doing it for. One of them told the CIA Times back in October, "We use means only used by the devil."

[Dark_Horse_Rider]

nice piece

starts to make sense at the 4th paragraph

[vita3]

We have been aiding/arming these crazies since 1979.

Sibel Edmonds discovered this while working for the FBI.

[jmdrake]

We have met the enemy and he is us. nb4 the "Can't these Syrian rebels just be good guys fighting a tyrant" apologists.

[Zippyjuan]

Couple points. One- the Islamic extremists are being more successful because they have more experience fighting (in Iraq and Afghanistan)- the locals lacked both weapons and training- and second, the Syrian rebels turned to them because they needed help and though they asked, none was coming from Western governments s so they sought it wherever they could find it. "An enemy of my enemy is my friend".

[juleswin]

Couple points. One- the Islamic extremists are being more successful because they have more experience fighting (in Iraq and Afghanistan)- the locals lacked both weapons and training- and second, the Syrian rebels turned to them because they needed help and though they asked, none was coming from Western governments s so they sought it wherever they could find it. "An enemy of my enemy is my friend".

More like the Islamic militants forced themselves on the Syria opposition. Remember, this started as a peaceful Egyptian style revolution, until the snipers started shooting the police.

[Brian4Liberty]

99% of Syrian Rebels Are Islamic Extremists And Jihadist Terrorists

But they are oh so useful.

And as usual, another article about the region that completely leaves out the Kurdish aspect. Add that and it makes more sense. The Kurds will control the oil regions of Syria when it is done, and they are very friendly to western oil companies (and to Israel). Syria will be split, and the oil-rich part will be friendly to us. The Islamic extremists will have some territory, but it will be like Gaza or Lebanon. No real central power. Just a violent, poverty ridden, Balkanized land, where radicals can chant "death to Israel" and fire home-made rockets, which will justify more US aid to the region.

[Brian4Liberty]

More like the Islamic militants forced themselves on the Syria opposition. Remember, this started as a peaceful Egyptian style revolution, until the snipers started shooting the police.

And the snipers fit both the radical Islamist and the West's agendas.

Of course it's not good for local civilians whose lives and property are being destroyed. The parties that benefit will say that "the ends justify the means".

[Zippyjuan]

More like the Islamic militants forced themselves on the Syria opposition. Remember, this started as a peaceful Egyptian style revolution, until the snipers started shooting the police.

Was it the snipers? Or the tanks?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14703995

2010 February - US posts first ambassador to Syria after a five-year break.

2010 May - US renews sanctions against Syria, saying that it supports terrorist groups, seeks weapons of mass destruction and has provided Lebanon's Hezbollah with Scud missiles in violation of UN resolutions.

Nationwide uprising

2011 March - Protests in Damascus and the southern city of Deraa demand the release of political prisoners. Security forces shoot a number of people dead in Deraa, triggering days of violent unrest that steadily spread nationwide over the following months.


2011 protests

The Syrian government sent tanks into cities in an attempt to quell pro-democracy protests

The government announces some conciliatory measures in an attempt to damp down unrest. . President Assad releases dozens of political prisoners and dismisses the government, and in April lifts the 48-year-old state of emergency. However, he accuses protesters of being Israeli agents.

2011 May - Army tanks enter Deraa, Banyas, Homs and suburbs of Damascus in an effort to crush anti-regime protests. US and European Union tighten sanctions. President Assad announces amnesty for political prisoners.

2011 June - The government says that 120 members of the security forces have been killed by "armed gangs" in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour. Troops besiege the town and more than 10,000 people flee to Turkey. President Assad pledges to start a "national dialogue" on reform.

2011 June - The IAEA nuclear watchdog decides to report Syria to the UN Security Council over its alleged covert nuclear programme reactor programme. The structure housing the alleged reactor was destroyed in an Israeli air raid in 2007.

Opposition organises
2011 July - President Assad sacks the governor of the northern province of Hama after mass demonstration there, eventually sending in troops to restore order at the cost of scores of lives. Opposition activists meet in Istanbul to form a unified opposition.

2011 October - Newly formed Syrian National Council says it has forged a common front of internal and exiled opposition activists. Russia and China veto UN resolution condemning Syria.

2011 November - Arab League votes to suspend Syria, accusing it of failing to implement an Arab peace plan, and imposes sanctions. Army defectors target a military base near Damascus in the Free Syrian Army's most high-profile attack since protests began. Government supporters attack foreign embassies.

2011 December - Syria agrees to an Arab League initiative allowing Arab observers into the country. Thousand of protesters gather in Homs to greet them, but the League suspends its mission in January because of worsening violence.

Twin suicide bombs outside security buildings in Damascus kill 44, the first in a series of large blasts in the the capital that continue into the following summer. Opposition accuses government of staging these and subsequent attacks.

UN pressure

2012 February - Russia and China block a UN Security Council draft resolution on Syria, and the government steps up the bombardment of Homs and other cities, recapturing the Homs district of Baba Amr the following month. The UN says that more than 7,500 people have died since the security crackdown began.

2012 March - UN Security Council endorses non-binding peace plan drafted by UN envoy Kofi Annan. China and Russia agree to support the plan after an earlier, tougher draft is modified. The UN statement falls short of a formal resolution, and violence continues into the summer.

2012 May - UN Security Council strongly condemns the government's use of heavy weaponry and the militia killing of more than a hundred civilians in Houla, near Homs. France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada and Australia expel senior Syrian diplomats in protest.

2012 June - President Assad tells his reshuffled government that they face "real war", indicating the authorities' conviction that the conflict will be long-lasting and require the sidelining of all other priorities.

Turkey changes rules of engagement after Syria shoots down a Turkish plane that strayed into its territory, declaring that if Syrian troops approach Turkey's borders they will be seen as a military threat.

2012 July - Free Syria Army blows up three security chiefs in Damascus and seizes Aleppo in the north. A government offensive to recapture the city makes only limited headway.

2012 August - The government suffers further blows. A UN General Assembly resolution demands that President Assad resign, high-level defections gather pace - most notably Prime Minister Riad Hijab - and US President Obama warns that use of chemical weapons would tilt the US towards intervention.

UN appoints veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi as new UN-Arab League envoy for Syria after resignation of Kofi Annan.

2012 September - The Free Syrian Army claims responsibility for two explosions at the military headquarters in Damascus. The government says four guards were killed in the "suicide attacks".

2012 October - Syria-Turkish tension rises when Syrian mortar fire on a Turkish border town kills five civilians. Turkey returns fire and intercepts a Syrian plane allegedly carrying arms from Russia. Both countries ban each other's planes from their air space.

Fire in Aleppo destroys much of the historic market as fighting and bomb attacks continue in various cities.

UN-brokered ceasefire during the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha breaks down as government continues attacks.

2012 November - Several major opposition forces unite as National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces at meeting in Qatar, including the Syrian National Council. Arab League stops short of full recognition, and France is the only country to recognize the Coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Islamist militias in Aleppo, including the Al-Nusra and Al-Tawhid groups, refuse to join the Coalition, denouncing it as a "conspiracy".

Syrian Arab Red Crescent estimates 2.5 million people have been displaced within Syria, double the previous estimate. UN dubs latest figure "conservative".

Israeli military fire on Syrian artillery units after several months of occasional shelling from Syrian positions across the Golan Heights, the first such return of fire since the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

[juleswin]

Was it the snipers? Or the tanks?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14703995

The British broadcasting channel is your source? did you not find anything from the State dept website? I will look up my source and give it to you. You have to understand that this uprising started around the time the US and NATO had started harassing Qaddafi for going just what they accused Assad of doing.

Sorry but I cannot believe that Assad seeing what is happening will do exactly that which got Qaddafi in trouble.