Posted on 12/07/2024 1:45:17 PM PST by RandFan
Al-Golani’s ties to al-Qaida stretch back to 2003 when he joined extremists battling U.S. troops in Iraq. The native of Syria was detained several times by the U.S. military, but remained in Iraq. During that time, al-Qaida usurped likeminded groups and formed the extremist Islamic State of Iraq, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
In 2011, a popular uprising against Syria's Assad triggered a brutal government crackdown and led to all-out war. Al-Golani's prominence grew when al-Baghdadi sent him to Syria to establish a branch of al-Qaida called the Nusra Front. The United States labeled the new group as a terrorist organization. That designation still remains in place and the U.S. government has put a $10 million bounty on him.
As Syria's civil war intensified in 2013, so did al-Golani’s ambitions. He defied al-Baghdadi’s calls to dissolve the Nusra Front and merge it with al-Qaida's operation in Iraq, to form the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
Al-Golani nonetheless pledged his allegiance to al-Qaida, which later disassociated itself from ISIS. The Nusra Front battled ISIS and eliminated much of its competition among the Syrian armed opposition to Assad. In his first interview in 2014, al-Golani kept his face covered, telling a reporter for Qatari network Al-Jazeera that he rejected political talks in Geneva to end the conflict. He said his goal was to see Syria ruled under Islamic law and made clear that there was no room for the country's Alawite, Shiite, Druze, and Christian minorities.
In 2016, al-Golani revealed his face to the public for the first time in a video message that announced his group was renaming itself Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and cutting its ties to al-Qaida.
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Once in power they all go Hog Wild
How many Syrians will the West want to take home ?
Assad (who allows Christians to live in peace) stands to be replaced by hard line Muslims. Great.
Then Trump will destroy them
Look at the dates he decided to moderate
Is it a coincidence ?
It goes on to say his group is more “moderate” and practical than others. Time will tell.
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It’s all deception until total control is obtained, then it will be back to basic Islam as dictated by the Quran.
“ Assad (who allows Christians to live in peace) stands to be replaced by hard line Muslims. Great.”
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That’s been a very long term goal of the neocons and globalists going back, at least, to the Obama/McCain era. Biden’s handlers are no doubt overjoyed at the prospect of leaving this turd on Trump’s doorstep.
Bkmk
BUMP
Who signs their paychecks?
The Nusra Front was only a minor player in knocking back ISIS. Locally, it most certainly gained the upper hand in and around Idlib, but outside of Idlib, until this offensive, it was not much of a factor. My question is, IF al-Jolani is "pragmatic" as he talks, can he stay alive?
Its the Russian who are going to be trapped - the Rebs have Russian air defense now - so Russia cannot fly them out from their airbase, lest they be shot down. Any supplies or rescue mission will have to come in by ship from Kaliningrad.
Those larger Russian AD systems require some knowledge and training to operate. ManPads of course are much easier.
Those larger Russian AD systems require some knowledge and training to operate.
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Those that ran the AD switched sides or were captured. So that is not a problem.
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