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A new era in international politics is emerging as Russia comes into the Middle East theater for the first time in decades. For the second day in a row, Russian jets struck terrorist targets in northwest Syria, hitting the areas of Jisr al-Shughour and Jabal al-Zawiya. These two areas have been under the control of Jaish al-Fatah, the Army of Conquest, which includes factions of al-Nusra and is thus a wing of al-Qaeda. The Syrian Al-Fatah is technically on the US list of terrorist organizations, yet it is being supported by Turkey and Qatar, allegedly members of the US led anti-ISIS coalition1. The message of the NATO nations now appears to be that all attacks against ISIS are acceptable, but all attacks against al-Qaeda are abhorrent. The idea of the US shielding al-Qaeda will undoubtedly come as a surprise to the three thousand US victim’s families who have been made to believe that al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks of 9/11.
However, rather than applaud actions taken against Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Syria, Western governments and media outlets whined that Russia was not only attacking ISIS but also the so-called moderate terrorist rebels. Regarding a Russian strike in Homs, a traditional haunt of the terrorist band known as the Free Syrian Army, an anonymous French diplomatic source told Reuters: “It is not Daesh (Islamic State) that they are targeting, but probably opposition groups, which confirms that they are more in support of Bashar’s regime than in fighting Daesh.” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius also complained that Russia must stop its support for Assad, that Assad must step down, and that Russia was ambiguous about whom they were fighting in Syria. These flippant remarks by Fabius were directly castigated by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem, who rightly said: “What we have heard from the representative of France today clearly shows the true role played by France with regards to supporting terrorism.”[4] France is making trouble in order to secure a bigger slice of the concessions pie.
The crazed booster of terrorists in Syria, John McCain, has been foaming at the mouth after the latest Russian air strikes, claiming they have killed the so-called moderate terrorist rebels of the “Free Syrian Army.” McCain told CNN:“Their initial strikes were against the individuals and groups that have been funded and trained by our CIA in an incredible flaunting of any kind of cooperation or effort to conceal what Putin’s first priority is, and that is of course to prop up Bashar al-Assad…I can absolutely confirm to you that they were strikes against the Free Syrian Army or groups that have been armed and trained by the CIA because we have communication with people there…this is an Orwellian experience.”2
The rebels attacked by Russian forces on Wednesday and Thursday were in western Syria, alongside al Qaeda affiliates and far from any ISIS positions. That suggests the rebels were not there to fight the self-proclaimed Islamic State, as the Obama administration called the top priority. Instead, they were battling the Assad regime as part of a still-active CIA program for rebels which has run in tandem with the disastrous and now-defunct train and equip Pentagon program.
The CIA-trained fighters were located alongside members of Jabhat al Nusra, an al Qaeda affiliate and a longstanding enemy of the U.S. (Members of a veteran al Qaeda unit called the Khorasan Group were living with al Nusra fighters last year and plotting ways to sneak explosives onto airplanes, U.S. intelligence officials have said.)
originally posted by: Willtell
Wasn’t Al Qaeda a terrorist enemy?
originally posted by: MrSpad
I am not going bother to explain the complexity of the many sides to the Syrian civil war again. Suffice to say their are dozens of groups all fighting each other. On occasion they work together against a more powerful foe in an are. So you might find the FSA and Al Quida fighting ISIS in one spot, the Kurds and Al Nusra front fighting ISIS in another, while Kurds and FSA are fighting Al Nusra and ISIS in another, while the FSA and a local militia are fighting Assads forces in another, while Assads forces and local militias are fighting Kurds in another, while ISIS and Al Quida are fighting Assads forces in another, while Assads air force are bombing in support of ISIS against the FSA in another, while the Druze are fighting ISIS in another, while the Druze are fighting Assad in another in support of ISIS, while you will also find Turkish backed Turkestan Islamic Movement fighting ISIS and Assad and the US back Kurds etc. etc. Who is fighting who is often based on what is going on in the local area. The one thing all the groups have in common is taking out Assad. The real fear is with Russia backing Assad all these rebel groups might stop fighting and join in taking Assad and the Russians out. And that when that happens the Syrian Army and all its weapons will fall into different rebel factions and new more intense civil war will break out.
For the West the ideal is that all the rebels beyond AlQuida, Al Nusra and ISIS join together combined with Assads defecting Army take out ISIS and Assad and then somehow keep from fighting among themselves. Also it is important to keep in mind that local groups take certain names for recruiting purposes. For example ISIS once called itself AlQuida in Iraq although it never had any real connections with the real AlQuida, the same with Al Quida in Syria who are just a radical group using the name. Trying to understand the sides in the Syrian civil war is beyond complex.
originally posted by: MrSpad
I am not going bother to explain the complexity of the many sides to the Syrian civil war again. Suffice to say their are dozens of groups all fighting each other. On occasion they work together against a more powerful foe in an are. So you might find the FSA and Al Quida fighting ISIS in one spot, the Kurds and Al Nusra front fighting ISIS in another, while Kurds and FSA are fighting Al Nusra and ISIS in another, while the FSA and a local militia are fighting Assads forces in another, while Assads forces and local militias are fighting Kurds in another, while ISIS and Al Quida are fighting Assads forces in another, while Assads air force are bombing in support of ISIS against the FSA in another, while the Druze are fighting ISIS in another, while the Druze are fighting Assad in another in support of ISIS, while you will also find Turkish backed Turkestan Islamic Movement fighting ISIS and Assad and the US back Kurds etc. etc. Who is fighting who is often based on what is going on in the local area. The one thing all the groups have in common is taking out Assad. The real fear is with Russia backing Assad all these rebel groups might stop fighting and join in taking Assad and the Russians out. And that when that happens the Syrian Army and all its weapons will fall into different rebel factions and new more intense civil war will break out.
For the West the ideal is that all the rebels beyond AlQuida, Al Nusra and ISIS join together combined with Assads defecting Army take out ISIS and Assad and then somehow keep from fighting among themselves. Also it is important to keep in mind that local groups take certain names for recruiting purposes. For example ISIS once called itself AlQuida in Iraq although it never had any real connections with the real AlQuida, the same with Al Quida in Syria who are just a radical group using the name. Trying to understand the sides in the Syrian civil war is beyond complex.
originally posted by: Rosinitiate
I swear you're like the U.S. Government official spokesperson for ATS. You can make this crap up for drones on couches but your average person with any sense of world affairs can simply see that what you are saying is made up garbage.
You can't put guns in the hands of murders, finance and incentivize them to shoot each other and call it a civil war. Anyone with a memory beyond a 24 hour news cycle remembers what sparked this "civil war", the CIA, Mossad, Saudi and Jordanian intelligence created a ficticious uprising. You know, like in Ukraine, Egypt, etc.
It's clever, just not that clever. Truth is, people know.
President George Bush has claimed he was told by God to invade Iraq and attack Osama bin Laden's stronghold of Afghanistan as part of a divine mission to bring peace to the Middle East, security for Israel, and a state for the Palestinians.
www.independent.co.uk...
In the year of 2000 there were seven countries without a Rothschild owned Central Bank:
Afghanistan
Iraq
Sudan
Libya
Cuba
North Korea
Iran
The only countries left in 2003 without a Central Bank owned by the Rothschild Family were:
Sudan
Libya
Cuba
North Korea
Iran
The only countries left in 2011 without a Central Bank owned by the Rothschild Family are:
Cuba
North Korea
Iran
www.fourwinds10.net...