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“foolish” and has ignited the “flame of jihad”

Pew Research Center surveys have indicated that most Muslims in the greater Middle East and South Asia clearly believe that the West has followed an anti-Muslim strategy by invading Muslim-majority countries.

President Trump is “foolish” and has ignited the “flame of jihad” with a raid in Yemen in which civilians were killed, al-Qaeda said Friday

They understand perfectly well that anti-Muslim prejudice could reinforce their narrative that Islam is under attack by the West. ISIS and Al-Qaeda have long embraced the clash of civilizations thesis because it can easily incite emotions of fear, anger and revenge.

Al-Qaeda has gained a significant foothold in Yemen, flourishing in the chaos of the country’s civil war, which has pitted Shia Houthi rebels against the internationally recognised exiled government.

So-called moderate rebels in Syria that have been vetted and previously armed by the U.S. government and its allies have officially partnered with al-Qaeda's rebranded local affiliate in a new organization called Tahrir al-Sham.

Al-Qaeda says Trump has ignited ‘the flame of jihad’ with Yemen raidU.S. Central Command, or Centcom, has not specified how many civilians were killed in the raid last Saturday, in which a Navy SEAL also died. Among those reported dead was the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric with al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen who was killed in a 2011 U.S. drone strike. President Trump is “foolish” and has ignited the “flame of jihad” with a raid in Yemen in which civilians were killed, al-Qaeda said Friday in its first official comments on the new U.S. administration. That the raid came only days after Trump’s vow to eradicate Islamist terrorism in his inauguration speech makes it “clear for us that the threat was not directed to the Islamic militants only, but to all the Muslims, men, women and even children,” al-Qaeda’s al-Nafeer bulletin said, accusing the Trump administration of intentionally killing women and children.

Trump’s executive order on defeating the Islamic State said a plan should recommended changes to U.S. rules of engagement and other

“policy restrictions that exceed the requirements of international law.”

Al-Qaeda storms three Yemen towns days after botched US raid that killed up to 30 civiliansJihadist group takes advantage of desertion of government forces angry at late wage payment, but faces opposition from locals. The Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda took over three towns in the south of the country before being forced to withdraw from two of them on Friday, officials have said. The Thursday attacks on Loder, Shaqra and Ahwa came just days after a US raid on a jihadist base in central Yemen which left one Navy Seal and up to 30 civilians dead. The province of Abyan where the towns are located was mostly liberated from al-Qaeda forces last summer with the help of Saudi-led coalition air strikes. However, a security official said that the jihadis were able to take advantage of the fact government troops had deserted their posts in protest over unpaid wages. “Our forces are also angry that they have not been provided with the weapons and other equipment to confront the extremists, who have been stepping up their armed attacks,” the official told AFP.

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Fighters set up roadblocks and blew up two buildings in the surprise attacks, he continued. However, air strikes on Loder and Shaqra overnight as well as protest demonstrations from local residents threatening to take up arms managed to dislodge the fighters.Al-Qaeda has gained a significant foothold in Yemen, flourishing in the chaos of the country’s civil war, which has pitted Shia Houthi rebels against the internationally recognised exiled government. US drone strikes have continually targeted al-Qaeda bases and supply lines in the country but have not succeeded in dampening the group’s activity. Thursday’s attacks follow the first military operation carried out by US President Donald Trump, a raid on an alleged al-Qaeda base in central Yemen which has been criticised for allegedly causing the deaths of up to 30 civilians.

“Almost everything went wrong,” a US official told NBC News on background. As well as the unconfirmed reported civilian casualties and the death of 36-year-old Navy Seal Owen Williams, the MV-22 Osprey involved apparently landed hard, injuring those on board, and later had to be destroyed by a remotely dropped bomb.

Al-Qaeda “is stronger than it has ever been,” the Brussels-based group said in a report Thursday. “As the country’s civil war has escalated and become regionalized, its local franchise, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is thriving in an environment of state collapse, growing sectarianism, shifting alliances, security vacuums and a burgeoning war economy.” Al-Qaeda has strengthened its power in Yemen, taking advantage of sectarian conflict in the Arab world’s poorest country, according to the International Crisis Group. Efforts to fight al-Qaeda will be endangered if states interested in rolling back the militants’ power “take military actions that ignore the local context and result in high civilian casualties” or “fail to restrain partners who tolerate or even encourage” al-Qaeda activity, the International Crisis Group said. Military actions, like the U.S. raid, could imperil efforts to contain the militant group, it said.

These are troubled times for the U.S.’s Middle East policy. The siege of eastern Aleppo and the indiscriminate killing of civilians is bound to radicalize many young Muslims. The Syrian city is the new Srebrenica but with one big difference: The suffering of men, women and children has been documented by social media users and citizen journalists. The memories will not go away easily. In the eyes of many Muslims, the inaction of the United States makes it an accomplice to the bloodbath. If the Trump administration decides to settle with the Kremlin over Syria, it risks marginalizing the moderate opposition and make Russia the dominant power in the region. In the meantime, Moscow has improved its relations with the main Sunni powers (Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia), while building an alliance with Shia Iran.

The recent decision by President Donald Trump to ban the citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States could have dire consequences for the coalition fighting ISIS and Al-Qaeda. In effect, it could help generate new momentum for the jihadi movement that has stagnated during this period. Al-Qaeda remains isolated in certain areas (e.g., Yemen), while ISIS has lost territory in Libya, Syria and Iraq.

It is clear that Islamist militants preferred Trump over Clinton for one simple reason: His Islamophobic rhetoric can be a useful propaganda tool for recruiting young Muslims. It’s not clear if they are right, but the travel ban seems to confirm this. Data from jihadi discussion forums indicate that supporters of ISIS viewed the decision favorably. They understand perfectly well that anti-Muslim prejudice could reinforce their narrative that Islam is under attack by the West. ISIS and Al-Qaeda have long embraced the clash of civilizations thesis because it can easily incite emotions of


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fear, anger and revenge. The ban, they hope, will fuel anti-American sentiments and create more tension with the Muslim world. It could even push some Muslims to join jihadi groups in a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Contrary to the American public’s perceptions, jihadi terrorism has been a phenomenon primarily concerning the Middle East. Successful attacks against Americans have been the exception, not the rule. The demonization of the Muslim faith is not only morally wrong, but can prove harmful for U.S. interests. Pew Research Center surveys have indicated that most Muslims in the greater Middle East and South Asia clearly believe that the West has followed an anti-Muslim strategy by invading Muslim-majority countries. The travel ban could result in the strengthening of a pan-Islamic sense of identity.

By Bill Gertz - - Wednesday, February 1, 2017 U.S. intelligence agencies recently uncovered new information indicating the al Qaeda terrorist group continues to plan for conducting terrorist attacks around the world.Until recently al Qaeda has been overshadowed by its more violent offshoot, the Islamic State, in conducting and inspiring deadly terrorist strikes around the world. However, new intelligence obtained over the past several months revealed that al Qaeda had stepped up terror planning using the chaos of Syria as a new base of operations. Al Qaeda operatives from the Persian Gulf States, Pakistan and elsewhere were detected in Syria. The al Qaeda terrorists are embedded with the Syrian terrorist group Al Nusrah Front but are operating independently.

“They’re using Syria as a safe haven and a place to conduct foreign operations,” said a military official familiar with intelligence reports.

U.S.-Armed 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels Join Al-Qaeda's 'Bin Laden Front' in New CoalitionFebruary 1, 2017 The fighters were vetted by the CIA and enjoyed the backing of neoconservatives in Washington. So-called moderate rebels in Syria that have been vetted and previously armed by the U.S. government and its allies have officially partnered with al-Qaeda's rebranded local affiliate in a new organization called Tahrir al-Sham.Among the umbrella group's members is the Bin Laden Front—named for Osama bin Laden, the late jihadist financier who oversaw the 9/11 attacks. The Bin Laden Front is among the smaller fighting bands that helped comprise Jabhat al-Nusra, perhaps the most powerful rebel force on the ground in Syria.In 2015, al-Nusra released a 40-minute propaganda video called "The Heirs of Glory" that celebrated the 9/11 attacks. The video confirmed the Syrian group's abiding ties to al-Qaeda's international network and its commitment to an extremist ideology. A year later, al-Nusra rebranded as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, insisting with little credibility that it had broken its ties to al-Qaeda's external leadership.

CIA vetted "moderates" join the coalitionJabhat Fatah al-Sham announced this week that it was merging with four rebel factions: Nour al-Din al-Zinki, Liwa al-Haq, the Jabhat Ansar al-Din, and Jaish al-Sunna.Nour al-Din al-Zinki has long been described as a major "moderate" rebel group. It was approved by the CIA and received TOW anti-tank missiles from the U.S. Al-Zinki entered the public spotlight in July for releasing a video in which it beheaded a teenager with a knife.The new alliance, which is led by former heads of extremist militias Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and Ahrar al-Sham, calls itself Tahrir al-Sham (Arabic for "liberation of Syria")."In view of the plots shaking the Syrian revolution... we announce the dissolution of all groups mentioned below and their total merger into a new entity named 'Tahrir al-Sham'," the militants said in a statement quoted by AFP. They added that the group was created "in order to unite our banners


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and to preserve the fruits and the jihad of this revolution," according to a translation by the jihadi Syrian opposition outlet Bilad al-Sham Media.Extremist cleric Abdullah al-Muhaysini, who is from Saudi Arabia but has established himself as a leading warlord in Syria, also joined Tahrir al-Sham, along with five other Salafi scholars.The announcement of the new rebel alliance went largely unnoticed in the Western media. International news agencies Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP) published stories on Tahrir al-Sham, but the news wires were only reprinted by a small handful of outlets. Nour al-Din al-Zinki, one of the influential members of the new al-Qaeda-led group, had long been touted as a leader in the putative moderate opposition.

In its October 2015 "Syrian Opposition Guide," the neoconservative think tank the Institute for the Study of War, which is often cited by Western media outlets as an authoritative source on Syria, had listed al-Zinki as a "power-broker" and a moderate group "independent" of al-Qaeda.The guide noted that al-Zinki was financed by the U.S.'s covert joint Military Operations Command in Turkey. The militia is now part of a formation with Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, which the U.S. government deems a terrorist group, despite its formally distancing itself from al-Qaeda and adopting a new name in July.Likewise, the Institute for the Study of War listed the Idlib-based rebel groups Liwa al-Haq and Jaish al-Sunna, two more members of the newly formed Tahrir al-Sham, as potential allies in the fight against the Syrian government, classifying them as

"Separable from Jabhat Al-Nusra."The creation of Tahrir al-Sham came just days after six rebel factions joined the powerful jihadist group Ahrar al-Sham, which has been supported by Western allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The new members of this militia include the Idlib branch of Jaish al-Islam, the west Aleppo branch of al-Jabhat al-Shamiya, and the groups al-Wiyat Suqour al-Sham, Kataib Thawar al-Sham, Jaish al-Mujahideen, and Tajamo Fastaqim Kama Umirat.The Institute for the Study of War had similarly characterized the Idlib-based Jaish al-Islam, the Aleppo-based al-Jabhat al-Shamiya, and Suqour al-Sham as more potential allies that are separable from al-Qaeda. Saudi Arabia spent millions of dollars essentially creating Jaish al-Islam, and al-Jabhat al-Shamiya has been supported by Western allies Turkey and Qatar.This is by no means the first time ostensibly moderate Syrian rebels have collaborated with sectarian extremists. The Long War Journal, a project of the neoconservative think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, noted that the constituent members of the new alliance "have long cooperated with one another on the Syrian battlefields."

Idlib, the Al Qaeda stronghold in SyriaNour al-Din al-Zinki, Liwa al-Haq, and Jaish al-Sunna had all, with Jabhat al-Nusra, previously been part of the alliance Jaish al-Fatah, which took control of Idlib. Other major militias like Ahrar al-Sham have fought alongside al-Qaeda against the Syrian government and its allies.Idlib is the last major city controlled by Syrian militants. In a January event at the Atlantic Council, an influential think tank that is funded by Western governments and Gulf regimes, hawkish analysts who have repeatedly called for greater military intervention in Syria acknowledged that Idlib is "the heartland of al-Nusra," and a place of "hell" and "oppression."A scholar at the event pointed out that Syria is the "newest and most important safe haven for [al-Qaeda's] ideology." The wartorn country is also home to al-Qaeda's largest physical presence in history. Although Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, the rebranded former Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate, is one of the most powerful forces in the Syrian opposition, it has been excluded from ceasefires and peace talks.In July, Amnesty International published a lengthy—and widely overlooked—report detailing the atrocities committed by major Syrian rebel groups. The leading human rights organization noted that, while the Syrian government and its allies have carried out war crimes that have killed large numbers


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of civilians, Nour al-Din al-Zenki, al-Jabhat al-Shamiya, Jabhat al-Nusra, and Ahrar al-Sham had also "committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, including abductions, torture and summary killings."The report furthermore described how the rebel groups have imposed draconian Sharia law on their subjects and carried out sectarian attacks against religious and ethnic minorities in the areas they controlled in Aleppo and Idlib. “I was happy to be free from the Syrian government’s unjust rule but now the situation is worse," explained Bassel, a lawyer in Idlib, in the report. "I publicly criticized Jabhat al-Nusra on Facebook... The next morning Jabhat al-Nusra forces took me from my home." Ben Norton is a reporter for AlterNet's Grayzone Project.

Regards Cees***

“New Al Qaeda Group on the Block”, The End Of Mingling – “Moderate Rebels” Join Al-Qaeda In Syria

Lots of confusion about the infighting in the “rebel” held Idleb governate in Syria, the situation is now clearing up. After other tricks, like renaming the group, did not work to deceive al-Qaeda finally pulled back the veil. It is no longer hiding between the “moderate rebels” but is now (again) a clearly identifiable groups. Groups near to al-Qaeda integrated with it, other groups split with significant parts joining the al-Qaeda organization.Qalaat Al Mudiq @QalaatAlMudiqN. #Syria: Tahrir Al-Sham Corps is born. Zinki, #JFS, Jaish Al-Sunna, Ansar Al-Din & Liwa Al-Haq merged under unified leadership (Abu Jaber)The Zinki (Zengi) group had CIA support and received anti-tank weapons from the U.S. and its Gulf proxies. JFS is the short form of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the official al-Qaeda group in Syria. It is the strongest “rebel” group on the ground. Abu Jabar is a former Ahrar al-Sham leader who had long argued for integrating both groups. The Turkish and U.S. supported Ahrar al Sham has now officially split. The probably larger part under Abu Jabar is now joining al-Qaeda.


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biggerThe “new” Tahrir Al-Sham is not a coalition of the various groups but THE new al-Qaeda group on the ground with a unified command and ideological structure. The operative military leader is Abu Jabar while the founder of al-Qaeda in Syria, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, will stay in the background as the overall emir of the group. Tahrir Al-Sham has a military alliance in Idleb with the smaller local ISIS group Jund al-Aqsa. Joining with them is not (yet) convenient.The now further enlarged al-Qaeda formation under the new name Tahrir Al-Sham is by far the biggest “rebel” dog in the Idleb-region town with now many more than its previous 10,000 active fighters. Of all other groups the “moderate” side of the split Ahrar al-Sham is the biggest one. Left beside it are just splinters of those groups (like Zinki) that mainly crossed over to al-Qaeda. Some local warlords and their small gangs are also still around. These groups will probably continue to receive Turkish and U.S. support. But they will have no chance against the much more powerful al-Qaeda collective.The leader of al-Qaeda in Syria al-Julani made a huge mistake by initiating this open split from the “moderates”. The group can now no longer hide by “mingling” with the CIA supported “moderates”. When it is attacked by the Syrian government it can no longer claim to be a victim. As it is a UN designated terrorist group it will receive no significant outside support. It can not even go into guerrilla mode because the “fish” (the guerrilla) will have no “water” (a sympathetic local population) to swim in.This plays well into the Russian hands which initiated the Astana peace conference exactly for this purpose. The U.S. under Obama and Kerry had declared it impossible to separate al-Qaeda in Syria from the “moderate rebels” it supported. The Astana conference and in its consequence the now open al-Qaeda conflict with the “moderates” achieved the separation. The “moderates” left now can only join al-Qaeda, make peace with the Syrian government and its allies or flee the country to survive.—In other news the Syrian government forces have finally recaptured the Ayn al-Feejah in Wadi Barada that supplies Damascus with drinking water. 5.5 million people were cut off from tap water when the Takfiris captured, poisoned and blocked the spring 44 days ago. After three earlier deals had failed the now defeated Takfirs agreed to being transported to Idleb.The original source of this article is Moon of Alabama.

The following eight concepts are intended to clarify the nature of the war on Syria. It was never “a civil war”. It was an undeclared war of aggression using Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists as the foot-soldiers of US-NATO and their Middle East allies. From day one, terrorists were involved in the killing of civilians. It started in Daraa as an insurgency integrated by Salafist mercenaries. Most of what is presented below is backed up by mainstream and official sources of information.

1. The Daraa “Protest Movement” on March 17-18 2011Daraa is a small border town. National protest movements are invariably initiated in large urban areas. The Daraa “Protests” had all the appearances of a staged event involving covert support to “Islamic terrorists”.Government sources pointed to the role of radical Salafist groups. In chorus, the Western media described the events in Daraa as a protest movement against Bashar Al Assad. Tacitly acknowledged by the media, many of the alleged “demonstrators” were professional killers.In a bitter irony, the deaths of policemen were higher than those of “demonstrators”. It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency.


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In Daraa, roof top snipers were targeting both police and protesters Reading between the lines of Israeli and Lebanese news reports (which acknowledge the police deaths) a clearer picture of what happened in Daraa on March 17-18 had emerged. The Israel National News Report (which can not be accused of being biased in favor of Bashar al Assad) confirmed that:“Seven police officers and at least four demonstrators in Syria have been killed in continuing violent clashes that erupted in the southern town of Daraa last Thursday. … and the Baath Party Headquarters and courthouse were torched, in renewed violence on Sunday. (Gavriel Queenann, Syria: Seven Police Killed, Buildings Torched in Protests, Israel National News, Arutz Sheva, March 21, 2011, emphasis added)The Lebanese news report also acknowledged the killings of seven policemen in Daraa.[They were killed] “during clashes between the security forces and protesters… They got killed trying to drive away protesters during demonstration in Dara’a” The Lebanese Ya Libnan report quoting Al Jazeera also acknowledged that protesters had “burned the headquarters of the Baath Party and the court house in Dara’a” (emphasis added)These news reports of the events in Daraa confirmed that from the very outset this was not a “peaceful protest” as claimed by the Western media.Moreover, from an assessment of the initial casualty figures (Israel News), there were more policemen than “demonstrators” who were killed.This is significant because it suggests that the police force may have initially been outnumbered by a well organized armed gang of professional killers.

2. Recruitment and Training of Terrorists From the Very Outset in 2011From Day One, the Islamist “freedom fighters” were supported, trained and equipped by NATO and Turkey’s High Command. According to Israeli intelligence sources:NATO headquarters in Brussels and the Turkish high command are meanwhile drawing up plans for their first military step in Syria, which is to arm the rebels with weapons for combating the tanks and helicopters spearheading the Assad regime’s crackdown on dissent. … NATO strategists are thinking more in terms of pouring large quantities of anti-tank and anti-air rockets, mortars and heavy machine guns into the protest centers for beating back the government armored forces. (DEBKAfile, NATO to give rebels anti-tank weapons, August 14, 2011)This initiative, which was also supported by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, involved a process of organized recruitment of thousands of jihadist “freedom fighters”, reminiscent of the enlistment of Mujahideen to wage the CIA’s jihad (holy war) in the heyday of the Soviet-Afghan war:Also discussed in Brussels and Ankara, our sources report, is a campaign to enlist thousands of Muslim volunteers in Middle East countries and the Muslim world to fight alongside the Syrian rebels. The Turkish army would house these volunteers, train them and secure their passage into Syria. (Ibid, emphasis added)These mercenaries were subsequently integrated into US and allied sponsored terrorist organizations including Al Nusrah and ISIS.

3. June 2014. The Staged ISIS “Invasion” of IraqThe Islamic State is protected by the US and its allies.If they had wanted to eliminate the Islamic State brigades, they could have “carpet” bombed their convoys of Toyota pickup trucks when they crossed the desert from Syria into Iraq in June 2014. The Syro-Arabian Desert is open territory (see map below). With state of the art jet fighter aircraft (F15, F22 Raptor, CF-18) it would have been -from a military standpoint- a rapid and expedient surgical operation


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But the objective was not to eliminate them, the objective was to support them. 4. September 2014. Obama’s “Counter-Terrorism Campaign”. US-NATO and Coalition “Humanitarian” Airstrikes “Directed against ISIS”In September 2014, Obama ordered a “counter-terrorism” bombing campaign against the ISIS in both Syria and Iraq. This major bombing campaign was initiated two months months after the entry of the ISIS convoy of Toyota pickup trucks into Iraq in June 2014. The bombing campaign has now entered into its third year. Its objective was NOT to go after the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh). The coalition consisted of some 4o countries five allied Arab monarchies, which are known to provide support to both ISIS and al Qaeda. The “40-nation coalition that unleashed more than 200 airstrikes in Syria on a single night with state-of-the-art U.S. fighter planes and help from five allied Arab monarchies” Among the advanced weapons system allegedly used against the ISIS was the F-22 Raptor.The total number of US and coalition sorties against Syria and Iraq is of the order of 111,410. This translates into an average of 147 sorties a day (over a period of 755 days).More than 8,300 strike sorties

have been carried out against Syria according to US Department of Defense sources.

The non-strike sorties have been used for the purposes of reconnaissance, logistics and coordination with terrorist commandos on the ground.

31,900 targets in Syria and Iraq have been hit by US war planes (see table below) including public buildings, residential areas, economic infrastructure (all of which was waged under a fake campaign against ISIS- Daesh).

Over a two year period (September 2014- September 2016)Its all for a good cause. None of these strikes were directed at the Syrian people, according to official statements.And these humanitarian statements have never been challenged by the Western media.The initiative was part of the “Global War on Terrorism”. It was in violation of international law. What we are dealing with are extensive war crimes directed against the people of Syria and Iraq.

5. 2014-2016: 31,900 “Targets Damaged/Destroyed” by US and Coalition Air Raids6. The Cost of Obama’s Air Campaign: 9.3 billion dollars 755 days, 12.3 million dollars a day since August 2014These are the costs of destroying Iraq and Syria. killing tens of thousands of Syrians, triggering


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a refugee crisis. These costs are ultimately financed by tax dollars. We are dealing with the conduct of extensive war crimes. The mainstream media remains on silent this issue. These 12.3 million dollars a day are the cost of destroying Syria and Iraq and killing their people.In the table above the “official” breakdown is provided, the figures refer to US strikes against Syria and Iraq.31,900 targets as part of a war on terrorism. Ironically, the number of terrorists has increased dramatically as a result of the “counter-terrorism” campaign, not to mention the NATO sponsored international campaign of recruitment of terrorists.

7. U.S. Weapons to Al Qaeda and ISIS According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, quoting documents released by the U.S. Government’s Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), the US –as part of its “counterterrorism campaign”– has provided Syrian rebels [aka moderate Al Qaeda] with large amounts of weapons and ammunition.The US and its allies (including Turkey and Saudi Arabia) have relied on the illicit trade in light weaponry produced in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, China, etc. for delivery to rebel groups inside Syria, including ISIS-Daesh and Al Nusra. In turn, operating out of the occupied Golan Heights, Israel’s IDF has provided weapons, ammunition, logistical support to Al Qaeda rebels operating in Southern Syria.While Washington’s Middle East allies undertake shady transactions in a buoyant market for light weapons, a significant part of these illicit weapons shipments is nonetheless directly commissioned by the US government.These shipments of weapons are not conducted through internationally approved weapons transfers. While they are the result of a Pentagon (or US government) procurement, they are not recorded as “official” military aid. They use private traders and shipping companies within the realm of a thriving illicit trade in light weapons.Based on the examination of a single December 2015 Pentagon sponsored shipment of more than 990 tons, one can reasonably conclude that the amounts of light weapons in the hands of ”opposition” rebels inside Syria is substantial and exceedingly large.Screenshot from Jane’s Defense ReportFor further details click here

8. Weapons “Made in Canada” Delivered to Saudi Arabia, A State Sponsor of Terrorism Ottawa’s deal with Saudi Arabia is coordinated with Washington. It essentially serves the Pentagon’s military agenda in the Middle East, it channels billions of dollars to the US military industrial


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complex.Amply documented, Saudi Arabia is the state sponsor of Al Qaeda affiliated “opposition groups” in Syria including the Islamic State (ISIS). Riyadh –acting in liaison and on behalf of Washington– plays a central role in the financing of the Islamic State (ISIS) as well as the recruitment, training and religious indoctrination of terrorist mercenary forces deployed in Syria and Iraq.What this signifies is that Canada is selling weapons to a country which is supporting and sponsoring terrorist organizations. Moreover Saudi Arabia is currently involved in a war of aggression against Yemen in blatant derogation of international law.The weapons are “Made in Canada” produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, London, Ontario., a subsidiary of US defense contractor General Dynamics. General Dynamics has subsidiaries in 43 countries including Canada. Ottawa’s official stance is that these weapons which include “combat vehicles with machine guns and anti-tank cannons” are to be used by Saudi Arabia solely for purposes of national defense. They are not be used against civilians.Opponents of Canada’s $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia took Ottawa to court. The action was led by law Professor Daniel Turp together with students of the University of Montreal. In a recent judgment (January 23) by Federal Court in Montreal, the case was dismissed: “Justice Daniele Tremblay-Lamer ruled that the court’s role was not to “pass moral judgment” on the decision by then-foreign affairs minister Stéphane Dion to issue export permits allowing the deal.”

9. The Liberation of AleppoWhile Aleppo has been liberated against the scourge of US-NATO supported terrorism, most mainstream media are accusing Syrian government forces of committing atrocities against civilians, describing Aleppo as a humanitarian crisis. What they fail to mention is that for the last four years the Eastern part of Aleppo has been occupied by Al Qaeda terrorists who are now upheld as “opposition” rebels. The terrorists are described as the victims of Syrian government aggression. From the very outset, the atrocities committed by the terrorists are casually blamed on Syrian government forces and their allies. The original source of this article is Global Research.


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August 23, 1996, Osama bin Laden declared war on the United States in a 30-page fatwa, “Declaration of War Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places”.

Regards Cees***A simple question that should be asked: who are the State sponsors of Al-Qaeda and ISIS?

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda were made in the America, for a purpose to divide and conquer the oil-rich Middle East and to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region.The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) first gave support to Extreme Islam during the cold war. America used militant political Islam in the war against the Soviet Union because at that time America saw the world in rather simple two sides (one side was the Soviet Union and on other was Western allies).

Ever since President Jimmy Carter’s fervently anti-Russian and extreme nationalist Polish national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski began training and arming the most radical jihadist Sunni Pashtun and Arab fighters he could find to fight the Soviet army in Afghanistan, the CIA and Pentagon have maintained a problematic relationship with Islamist radicalism. The CIA’s own widely-used term, «blowback», is the only word that can adequately describe what Brzezinski’s decision has cost the United States and the civilized world.

The CIA’s recruitment of jihadist fighters from across the Middle East was so rampant in 1980s that Michael Springmann, the US Vice Consul in Jeddah, reported that he was ordered by resident CIA officers at the consulate to grant US visas to individuals who Springmann said were jihadist recruits of Osama bin Laden. During the CIA’s military operations in Afghanistan, Bin Laden was a trusted and much-valued US ally. For blowing the whistle on the visas for al-Qaeda, Springmann was fired by the State Department.

A December 1986 formerly Secret CIA report concluded that «well-educated» and «urban» Muslim fundamentalists were the best ranks from which to recruit a «charismatic leader» capable of galvanizing «an untapped pool of potential fundamentalists» from «the lower classes». Whether in Afghanistan in the 1980s or Syria today, the CIA and its Pentagon cohorts have followed the 1986 CIA template with regard to Bin Laden and Al-Baghdadi. These are but a few disgraceful examples of Brzezinski’s, Henry Kissinger’s, and current CIA director John Brennan’s «realpolitik» in the conduct of American foreign policy for almost four decades.


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