Posted on 09/11/2014 9:22:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As President Obama laid out his “strategy” last night for dealing with ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and as bipartisan leadership in Congress push to approve as much as $4 billion to arm the Syrian “rebels,” it should be noted that the keystone to his anti-Assad policy — the “vetted moderate” Free Syrian Army (FSA) — is now admitting that they, too, are working with the Islamic State.
This confirms our reporting about the FSA’s alliances with Syrian terrorist groups here at PJ Media last week.
On Monday, the Daily Star in Lebanon quoted a FSA brigade commander saying that his forces were working with the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s official Syrian affiliate — both U.S.-designated terrorist organizations — near the Syrian/Lebanon border.
“We are collaborating with the Islamic State and the Nusra Front by attacking the Syrian Army’s gatherings in … Qalamoun,” said Bassel Idriss, the commander of an FSA-aligned rebel brigade.
“We have reached a point where we have to collaborate with anyone against unfairness and injustice,” confirmed Abu Khaled, another FSA commander who lives in Arsal.
“Let’s face it: The Nusra Front is the biggest power present right now in Qalamoun and we as FSA would collaborate on any mission they launch as long as it coincides with our values,” he added.
In my report last week I noted that buried in a New York Times article last month was a Syrian “rebel” commander quoted as saying that his forces were working with ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra in raids along the border with Lebanon, including attacks on Lebanese forces. The Times article quickly tried to dismiss the commander’s statements, but the Daily Star article now confirms this alliance.
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The Michigan woman killed in Syria last year while fighting with the “moderates” was called radical by her own parents when they tried to warn the FBI about her.
The Syrian opposition hates Assad more than it hates ISIS.
Looks like we must saddle up to Assad after all. A bad fellow it is true—but it looks like Putin was right on this one.
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Yup. We don’t have to be close to Assad to share relevant info on ISIS and getting his permission to target them in his country.
It sure makes life a whole lot easier. If an American pilot has to eject over Syria, I want Syrian forces to get to the pilot before ISIS or the “Moderate” wheeler Dealers.
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