Syrian Islamists get arms from Saudi Arabia

 

 

 

Islamists in Syria  - Muslim radicals get arms from Saudi Arabia and Qatar

• Our pro-American "friends" in the Middle East are funding and arming Islamic militias in Syria.
• Meanwhile American politicians tell us that the secular government of Syria that protects Christians and other minorities is bad.
• Welcome to Doublespeak.

 

 

Rule of Life #1  -  Politicians are fucking liars.  From the phony Gulf of Tonkin "attack" to Iraqi WMDs to Afghanistan, to Obama's illegal war on Libya and now to Syria, the American people are fed a steady stream of bullshit.  Any truth that comes out is purely accidental.

 

Now Syria's most powerful Islamist brigades (funded by our pro-American Arab friends) have united under a new "liberation front" to wage jihad against President Bashar al-Assad's secular regime and turn the country into an Islamic state.

 

After more than a month of secret meetings, leaders of Islamist fighters - including the heavyweight Farouq Brigade that operates mainly in Homs province and influential Sukour al-Sham brigade of Idlib – have formed the "Front to Liberate Syria".

"We are proud of our Islamism and we are Islamists. We do not want to show it in a slogan because we might not live up to the responsibility of Islam," said the leader of the Front, Abu Eissa. "But we want a state with Islamic reference and we are calling for it."

In Syria's northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo, these militant groups have grown in strength and in numbers, and now threaten to take over the revolution in this strategic part of the country. The UK Telegraph reports that driving along the winding lanes in the countryside of the "liberated" northern province of Idlib, the black Islamic flag often used by jihadists frequently flies at rebel checkpoints and on municipal buildings.

Resistance groups that adopt a more overtly Islamist hue are finding it easier to attract financial support from abroad. Religious fighting groups are the prime beneficiaries of money and weapons donated by the government of Qatar, as well by wealthy businessmen and religious leaders in the Gulf and Saudi Arabia.

 

 

Islamists in Syria Get Arms from Saudi Arabia and Qatar

The New York Times reported that Saudi and Qatari weapons are in the hands of opposition fighters, and more so of hard-line Islamist groups than secular rebels.

 

 

Syrian Islamists warn they will turn to Al-Qaeda
The Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services, has acknowledged that blasts in Syrian cities since last December "had all the earmarks of an Al-Qaeda-like attack".

"We believe Al-Qaeda in Iraq is extending its reach into Syria," Clapper told the Senate.

The Iraqi government confirmed earlier that Al Qaeda has been crossing from Iraq into Syria to carry out attacks on government forces.

Islamists Looting Syrian Churches
A member of the Free Syrian Army posing with a looted Catholic cross in one hand and a gun in the other while wearing a priest’s robe.

Shocking images have emerged which show the aftermath of Christian churches ransacked by NATO-backed Syrian rebels, illustrating once again how Western powers are supporting Muslim extremists in their bid to achieve regime change in the middle east.

From the UK Telegraph - Standing on a patch of muddy scrubland just inside Syria's broken border fence with Turkey, the rebel commander watched glumly as the group of jihadists crossed into his country.

Scruffy, with long beards, some wearing khaki jackets and each clutching a black travel bag, the six men walked silently through the crowd of refugees who had assembled and were waiting to leave Syria. A driver in a pick-up truck quickly greeted the men and drove them away into the countryside.

"Libyans", muttered the rebel Free Syria Army leader under his breath, shooting the men a dirty look. "We don't want these extremist people here. Look at them; we didn't have this style in Syria - who is this? Bin Laden?"

The Muslim Brotherhood has established its own militia inside Syria as the country’s rebels fracture between radical Islamists and their rivals, commanders and gun-runners have told The Daily Telegraph.