Group Suspected Of Al-Qaeda Links Has Stepped Out Of The Shadows And Onto The Front Lines Of The War For Syria’s Cities

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Flashback:

On record: Interview With US General Wesley Clark (Ret.): US Government Planned To ‘Take Out 7 Countries In 5 Years’: ‘Starting With Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan And Finishing Off Iran’ (Video)

More links on Syria, Libya and Al-CIAda are down below.

– In Syria, group suspected of Al Qaeda links emerging (Boston Globe, Aug 25, 2012):

ALEPPO, Syria — A shadowy jihadist organization that first surfaced on the Internet to assert responsibility for suicide bombings in Aleppo and Damascus has stepped out of the shadows and onto the front lines of the war for Syria’s cities.

In Aleppo, the al-Nusra Front for the Protection of the People of the Levant, widely known as the Jabhat al-Nusra, is fielding scores of fighters, some of them foreigners, in the battle for control of Syria’s commercial capital, a key prize in the bitter war of attrition being waged across the country.

The group, suspected of affiliations to Al Qaeda, says it is also fighting in other locations, including the cities of Homs and Idlib and the suburbs of Damascus, the capital. Its growing role has prompted concerns that Syria’s 17-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime is becoming radicalized as the bloodshed soars.

On a recent morning, three jihadist fighters chambered bullets into their AK-4 7 rifles as their bearded driver sped through Aleppo’s streets in a battle-scarred white van.

‘‘If shooting starts, put your head down,’’ said one of the jihadists as the van headed toward the flash-point Salahuddin neighborhood, blending in with the vehicles of other fighters hurtling through the streets.

Jabhat al-Nusra’s growing visibility on Syrian streets highlights one of the reasons the United States and its allies have been reluctant to arm Syrian rebels even as Obama administration officials repeatedly insist that Assad must go.

Fears are widespread among Western governments that weapons sent to the rebels could wind up in the hands of extremists and, perhaps, be turned against their benefactors in a region already taut with sectarian and geopolitical rivalries.

The group’s commander, Abu Ibrahim, said in an interview at the mosque that serves as his headquarters in the Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, a rebel stronghold, that he has 300 men under his control. About 50 of his fighters were seen milling around the mosque. Others were inside.

Most of those fighting for Abu Ibrahim, a 32-year-old stone mason from a nearby village, are Syrians from Aleppo and the surrounding countryside.

But some are Arab volunteers, among hundreds from the region and beyond who are thought to have trickled into Syria in recent months to join the fight against Assad’s regime.

Abu Ibrahim said his contingent included men from Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, and Lebanon, as well as one Syrian who had fought in Iraq against the Americans.

Jabhat al-Nusra is the only Syrian rebel group that posts on a Web forum that is used by Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri and other known Al Qaeda affiliates.

This suggests a link, at least through its media department, to the main Al Qaeda terrorist network, a connection that endows Jabhat al-Nusra with a credibility among jihadists that other organizations lack, said Aaron Zelin, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

More on Syria:

– Robert Fisk: Aleppo’s Poor Get Caught In The Crossfire Of Syria’s Civil War

– US, UK, French Special Forces On Standby For Seizing Syrian Chemial Weapons

– Syria And Iran Dominos Lead To World War

– Russia Warns West Over Syria After Obama Threats

– Robert Fisk: ‘No Power Can Bring Down The Syrian Regime’

– Obama Regime Threatens Force Against Syria

– Russia: Military Intervention In Syria Will Lead To Catastrophe (Video)

– Preparing For A ‘Horrible Event’; The U.S. And Turkey Plan For Syria’s Collapse

– Michel Chossudovsky: ‘Panetta Has Blood On His Hands For Supporting Syria Rebels’ (Video)

– William Engdahl: ‘World Being Readied For Aggression Against Syria’

– Webster Tarpley: NATO’s Al-Qaeda Wing Clipped In Syria (Video)

– Webster Tarpley: Wikileaks Helps West To Justify Attack On Syria

– UN Meetings And Syrian Massacres: Timing Is Everything — ‘Massacre Marketing’ (Interview With Guenter Meyer – Video)

– Russian Journalist Ankhar Kochneva: Everything You’ve Heard About Syria Is A Lie

– Hillary Clinton: Russia And China Will ‘Pay Price’ For Supporting Assad

– If The US Loses Syria, The US Loses Its Empire

– The No.1 Trend Forecaster Gerald Celente: The Second American Revolution STARTS NOW! – Syria – Europe – Gold – WW III (Video):

– Syria Crisis: Obama Regime Accuses Russia Of Sending Attack Helicopters – Live Updates

– Hillary Clinton: ‘There Are Attack Helicopters On The Way From Russia To Syria’ (Video)

– Obama Regime Prepares Air Strikes On Syria

– Syria = Libya 2.0: Journalist (Eyewitness): Rebels Did Houla Massacre

– BBC News Uses ‘Iraq Photo To Illustrate Syrian Massacre’

– Obama Regime To Seek ‘International Permission’ To Attack Syria, Will ‘Inform’ Congress of Plan (Video)

– Iranian Envoy: Syrian Terrorists Killing People with US, Israeli Weapons

– John McCain Calls For Airstrikes On Syria

– U.S. And Israel Have Prepared Military Options To Attack Iran

– ‘US To Announce Aerial Blockade On Syria’ (which is an act of war!!!)

– U.S. State Department Quietly Warning Region On Syrian WMDs

– Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: Silencing The Critics

– Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: 44 US Military Bases Surrounding Iran: Will Iran Be Attacked?

– Final Solution: First Syria, Then Iran And Then …

Flashback 1:

– Mossad, CIA And Blackwater Operate In Syria – Report

– Syria: Clinton Admits US On Same Side As Al Qaeda To Destabilise Assad Government (Global Research)

– U.S. Fighting On The Same Side As Three Terrorist Groups In Syria

– Dr. Webster Tarpley: The NATO-CIA Destabilization Of Syria Is Under Way! (Video)

– ’15,000 Strong’ Army Gathers To Take On Syria:

An insurgent army which claims to be up to 15,000 strong is being coordinated from Turkey to take on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which risks plunging the region into open warfare.

– Global Research’s Michel Chossudovsky: Syria’s ‘Peaceful Protesters’ Are ‘Death Squads Directly Supported By Turkey And Israel’ Armed With Heavy Machine Guns (Video)

Flashback 2:

It’s Libya 2.0:

Al-CIAda in Libya:

– Change: Al-Qaeda Flag Flying On New ‘Moderate’ Government Benghazi Courthouse In Libya

– Webster Tarpley: Al-Qaeda Commander of NATO’s Bloody Reign of Terror in Tripoli is the Monster Abdel Hakim Belhadj, aka Abdel Hakim al-Hasadi, Friend of Osama Bin Laden, former US POW, and Infamous Killer of US Soldiers in Afghanistan

– The Greatest Betrayal: Handing Over Libya To Al-Qaeda

– Asia Times Correspondent Pepe Escobar: Al-Qaeda Asset Is Military Commander Of Tripoli!

Meet the lie used to take out Gaddafi:

– The Corbett Report: The Assassination of Gaddafi & The Destruction Of Libya (Video)

– Former Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney Exposes THE LIE Used To Attack And Destroy Libya: ‘Truth is the First Casualty of War. No Justice, No Peace, No Truth..’

– Russian Military: Gaddafi Airstrikes On Civilians NEVER Happened! (RT – Video)

Meet the BAD Guy:

– Smoking Gun: Gaddafi Was To Receive U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

WHY?

– Why Libya Was Attacked

The most interesting thing would be to know happened to these $200 billion:

– Muammar Gaddafi Salted Away About $200 Billion

I guess the 200 billion and 144 tons of gold …

– The Battle Is Almost Over: Destroying Libya To Steal 144 Tons Of Gold

… and a African sound currency …

– More Reasons Why Gadaffi And Libya Had To Be Destroyed (Video):

… others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi’s plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth.

… and oil …

– Straight From The Horse’s Mouth: John Bolton Admits All Of These Wars Are For Oil (Video)

… and …

– Rep. Ron Paul on CNN: Libyan War Is ‘About Commercial Business!’ (And Totally Unconstitutional!)

– Illuminati Banksters Raping And Pillaging Libya – Goldman Sachs And Muammar Gaddafi

– Libya: John Perkins: It’s Not About Oil, It’s About Currency and Loans – Rothschilds Finish Off Gaddafi – ‘The Price of Freedom’, Highest Standard of Living in Africa

… are an awful lot of good reasons to invade ANOTHER country. I hope you have listened to John Bolton.

Here are even more reasons why the NWO elitists had to destroy Libya:

– Libya: Muammar Gaddafi’s ‘Regime’ Exposed – The Truth You Are Not Supposed To Know (Video)

– Meet The Real Muammar Gaddafi or Why The Elitists (NWO) Needed To Destroy Libya (Video)

And I am sure that the Libyan people will see not one dollar of the $200 billion benefiting their country.

Do you still believe your government? (From the article below):

“Obama administration officials were stunned last spring when they found $US37 billion in Libyan regime accounts and investments in the United States”

Oh, really?:

– Matt Taibbi: Why is the Federal Reserve Bailing Out Gaddafi?:

Barack Obama recently issued an executive order imposing a wave of sanctions against Libya, not only freezing Libyan assets, but barring Americans from having business dealings with Libyan banks.

So raise your hand if you knew that the United States has been extending billions of dollars in aid to Qaddafi and to the Central Bank of Libya, through a Libyan-owned subsidiary bank operating out of Bahrain. And raise your hand if you knew that, just a week or so after Obama’s executive order, the U.S. Treasury Department quietly issued an order exempting this and other Libyan-owned banks to continue operating without sanction.

Yes, all of this is more MSM & government bullshit we can take a bath in.

On Al-CIAda:

“The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US.”
– Robin Cook, Former British Foreign Secretary

Just one month after this article, published in the Guardian, Robin Cook DIED:

– Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook: ‘Al-Qaida, Literally “The Database”, Was Originally The Computer File Of The Thousands Of Mujahideen Who Were Recruited And Trained With Help From The CIA To Defeat The Russians’

– Al Qaeda Doesn’t Exist or How The US Created Al Qaeda (Documentary)

– BBC: Al-Qaeda Does Not Exist (Documentary)