New reports are claiming al-Qaeda’s senior leadership is behind the recent deployment of seasoned jihadists from Pakistan into Syria, and they are part of “long-term plans” that have little to do with Syria itself.
The focus rather is on something else Syria’s civil war has attracted, Western fighters. Jihad-minded fighters with EU or American passports but not much experience have been flocking to Syria to join the Islamist factions there, with over 1,000 on the ground there now.
That’s been a concern for Western officials, and an opportunity for al-Qaeda, which is hoping their better trained fighters in Pakistan can organize and train the Westerners to be sent to launch attacks back in Europe and America, where their passports can get them into places the Pakistanis just can’t go.
Several al-Qaeda factions have seized control of large portions of northern Syria, and the protracted civil war there continues to be a better recruiter than al-Qaeda ever was, allowing them to get access to a lot of Western fighters.
This is Shameful repetition of Iranian-Russian propaganda to protect the butcher of Syria, Bashar Asad who has killed over 140,000 civilians, destroyed entire cities including historical landmarks and made hundreds of thousands homeless. Beware of liberals blinded by their hatred of Muslims
Um, not seeing any Muslim hatred here, GT, or "liberals" either for that matter. Certainly not Jason Ditz. Far as I know, folks here think the US should leave the whole mess alone and tend to its own business. Was there something else on your mind?
The US Neocon subversives, on behalf of Israel, and for the purpose of disrupting the Hezbollah-Syria-Iran linkage, have destroyed Syria and killed — ***CAUSED THE DEATHS*** — of 140,000 Syrians. And let's not forget the Saudi-funded Sunni jihadists (al Qaeda et al), and the Qatari contribution, and the Erdogan/Turkish provision of sanctuary and staging area.
You need to go over to aptly-named Yahoo comments, where ignorance and Kool-Aid are the norm.
140,000 civilians killed by Asad? Even Asad's worst enemies have not made such an asinine claim.
May be you consider the raw footage of a savage rebel (wahabi) eating another human beings heart/liver (organ) and other inhumane acts by these Salafis as just another "Shameful repetition of ……. propaganda".
God bless Saudi Arabia for having instilled these virtues in those people. They are going to come get you next after they're done with Asad.
Don't let them tell you they didn't track those people. If they get a few in, then the "Western" gov'ts are flatly just as guilty as them.