Once the domain primarily of military defectors subsidized by Western nations, the Syrian rebellion is now overwhelmingly being fought by foreigners, as the idea of a sectarian conflict introduces a new generation of Islamists to the idea of jihad.
Analysts say that Syria is attracting foreign Islamist fighters on a level that even the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan never did, likening it to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in its creation of a “fighter glut.”
Fighters from virtually everywhere have flocked to Syria. Large numbers came from places like Libya and Egypt, of course, but Islamists from across Europe and the US have also been reported.
That’s a long-term problem for the whole world, as the fighters develop ties with the al-Qaeda leadership and adopt their ideology, they will eventually move on, and have the passports to get in virtually anywhere to carry out attacks.
Attracting youg islamists? What is to attract? why does not western journalism exhibit some decency and tell th etruth about the western backed network that recruits these idiots to kill under the flag of islam? it serves their purpose not to publish the truth: it rids these western societies of these youth and their radicalism; it rids puppet islaic states i.e. saudi regim of its radicals, it opens up their sells and if death does not get them, their own govet will upon return. what a deal the western intelligence agencies and CIA, have put togther, planned by them and executed by the corrupt kingdoms and amirs
Jason.., that's what we said two years ago, these "rebels" are sent by the European and Saudis, the UAE among others, trained by the Turkish Muslims brotherhood and Jordanian to fight the Syrian people. They have no clue why they are there, but the falsified concept describing all and every government in the region as a enemy to Islam by their mullahs either in France, Germany or Sweden or English Muslims Shariah center built and paid by Saudis or the UAE Amir's. it is tragic that these democracies supporting it and have done so for last 30-40 years, now all of the sudden every "democratic" governments are worried that these zombies one day will return home and therefore they need to spy on every man, women and child that can carry a cell phones. LOL.
Syrian war is "overwhelmingly being fought by foreigners"? How did you get that information, maybe you did a tally from behind your desk? Jason Ditz, is exactly as his name implies and should only be editing children's cartoon books, nobody would be able to challenge him then. Even in groups like JN majority fighters are overwhelmingly Syrians!
"That’s a long-term problem for the whole world, as the fighters develop ties with the al-Qaeda leadership and adopt their ideology, they will eventually move on, and have the passports to get in virtually anywhere to carry out attacks."
Making the US military and its concomitant expenditures all the more necessary where otherwise they would not have been.