While the al-Qaeda presence fighting alongside US-backed rebels in Syria has been known for some time now, US intelligence officials are increasingly concerned about the terrorist group’s dramatic growth within Syria’s opposition.
“Al-Qaeda has advanced beyond isolated pockets of activity in Syria and now is building a network of well-organized cells, according to US intelligence officials, who fear the terrorists could be on the verge of establishing an Iraq-like foothold that would be hard to defeat if rebels eventually oust President Bashar Assad,” the Associated Press reports.
The fact that intelligence officials are increasingly speaking to the press, albeit anonymously, about aiding al-Qaeda in Syria shows the growing concern in Washington for such an absurd policy.
The US has been sending non-lethal aid, like communications gear and intelligence assistance, to the rebel militias in Syria, while the CIA is facilitating the delivery of weapons from Gulf Arab states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
According to one US intelligence estimate, as many as a quarter of the 300 rebel groups in Syria may be fighting under the banner of al-Qaeda, says Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. But those figures are growing every day, with new fighters flooding into Syria all the time.
The CIA is supposedly employing a “vetting process” to avoid having the aid get into the hands of Islamic extremists, but the process is made up of untrustworthy, third-party sources and intelligence officials have recently told the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times that the truth is that the US doesn’t know who is getting the money and weapons.
For what seem to be twisted political reasons and ambitions to change the regime in Syria, Washing is quite literally helping those it has fought in its last two wars. Intelligence officials told the AP that “veterans of the Iraq insurgency [are] employing their expertise in bomb-building to carry out more than two dozen attacks so far,” while “others are using their experience in coordinating small units of fighters in Afghanistan to win new followers.”
US is losing the war all over the world and still won’t admit to its wrong international policies. BU Hillary Clinton following the Madeline Albright idea in "what is so good about this mighty army if we cannot use it” and use of terrorism around the world, Supporting these little to big barbarians and terrorist governments as Saudi Arabia and Qatar, helping the sectarian Turkish government and others alike is the indication that US and England have no other alternative but to follow the past policies. Bill Clinton and Tony Blair used sunny muslims in Balkan to invade and divide Yugoslavia, the very same democrat president is doing the same in Syria but with a harder approach, his using these elements who are hardcore barbarians which was created by Bush regime in Afghanistan war.
To the democratic party: These people sooner or later will have a demand as they are promised and was promised a country (Afghanistan), these people are no longer satisfied with empty promises they are going to have a war with US sooner or later, before or after when and if they have their country named after them, therefore, like in Afghanistan.., US and EU going to be involved in no ending wars for years and years to come This policy is feeding the US and EU militarism regimes and if anyone of you have looked at the increased US military budget you will see that is done for non ending wars and will bankrupt US for good. US and its allies have no idea what they are doing, because of the fact that they are blinded by what they see as their enemy, socialism, a social just system and a social just economy, Syrian government is not US or no ones enemy, Saudis, Qatari dictatorial tyrants and Israel apartheid regimes is the enemy of US and EU. They are the one which US and EU use their barbarism for their wrong foreign policy again.
Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) proposed Monday at a meeting in
"Saudi Arabia to suspend Syria from the body for its violent crackdown on a 17-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad".
"According to an OIC source, the top diplomats of OIC (organization of Islamic cooperation) member states made the proposal at a preparatory meeting for an extra OIC summit scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday in Mecca.
Good to hell with you the Turkish, Saudi king and UAE.., if you were a muslim you wouldn’t want to destroy another progressive muslim country to regain your cave age feudalist tyranny as the tyrant, it is a shame on muslims who sees these tyrants regimes as their leader, they are not different then the Israeli or for that matter any other fascist regimes out there.
"BU Hillary Clinton…" …?…
Butt Ugly?
This is utter vapid two faced lying. The US/NATO/Saudis/Qatar/Turkey are funding and providing the weapons and muscle. US/UK/French special forces and Blackwater/Xe/Acadamie mercenaries are there when the local patsies fall flat on their faces.
So after 17 months it is begun to notice there is a problem – Oh gosh, oh golly, what are we to do.
But they aren't "fighting along side" nice, innocent US Assets, they ARE the Assets, in the employ of the US. Federal government., since they were reacivated by the Saudis on Americaa's behalf or used in Libya.
I assume the truth is it is beginning to dawn on Washington policymakers that they will not be able to put themback in the box as people have been warning, as in such places as Afghanistan and Bosnia-Hercegovona.
Given the CIA probably can't tell Shia from Sunni, I don't give them much chance of doing any form of meaningful vetting. Still their ass will be covered which is all that counts.
Al-Queda, thanks obama now push off
Damn! If only Hillary Clinton had known about this danger….
"Syria has entered a dark and endless tunnel: OIC Chief” "The unrelenting bloodbath of innocent Syrians at the hands of the discredited and isolated Bashar Assad regime dominated discussions at the preparatory meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers at the Conference Palace in Jeddah yesterday”.
There are few dictatorial system which are based on unknown and one of them is this organization, the OIC. In the eye of US and EU militarism regimes any progress which not approved by the west is the enemy of the west, that is why US is at war, creating wars and occupy countries where they might lose their economic interests…, in the eyes of these feudal entity of own created god any progress if is not approved by their god is against the god itself. I wonder what they have said about Al Qaeda a CIA operated committee of the god loving people who just like to kill christians and any other religious that disagrees with terrorism in general, I wonder if Al Qaeda representative also was invited at that meeting, I wonder if they discussed the Qatari – Saudis brutal dictatorial regime and its help toward terrorism in Syria, I wonder if they condemned Saudis and Qatari feudal kingdom regime for the systematic killings of innocent peoples, I wonder if that "dark tunnel" that this man is talking about leads to Saudis house of tyrant darkness, starting from London house of another tyrant darkness connecting monarchism of all darkness in this world. Stop lying to your god, the god is sick and tired of your lies and for that reason you are at war convincing your god that war is the only way for tyranny to survive. Here not only your action shows your stupidity but it also shows that you still are in hands of your masters living the lavish life thinking that you are free.