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From Syrian jihadist leader to rebel politician: How Abu Mohammed al-Jolani reinvented himself
BBC ^ | Dec 9, 2024 | Mina Al-Lami

Posted on 12/09/2024 6:50:57 AM PST by McGruff

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has dropped that nom de guerre associated with his jihadist past, and been using his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in official communiques issued since Thursday, ahead of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

This move is part of Jolani's effort to bolster his legitimacy in a new context, as his Islamist militant group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), leading other rebel factions, announces the capture of the Syrian capital, Damascus, solidifying its control over much of the country.

Once clad in traditional jihadist militant attire, he has adopted a more Western-style wardrobe in the past years. Now, as he leads the offensive, he has donned military fatigues, symbolising his role as the commander of the operations room.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anotherbidenwar

1 posted on 12/09/2024 6:50:57 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff
--- "From Syrian jihadist leader to rebel politician" --- how the FBI's "wanted" becomes the new flavor for the American and British Left. It is now a game of "My Favorite Jihadist." Not theirs. Ours, so says the BBC and a Biden and his ilk.

A jihadist is a jihadist is jihadist.

2 posted on 12/09/2024 6:55:46 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: McGruff

Once a Jihadist, always a Jihadist.


3 posted on 12/09/2024 6:57:35 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

We had him at Guantanamo. He’s another one we trained and funded for ISIL…


4 posted on 12/09/2024 6:59:41 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: McGruff

Lol….so now the media and political elites have a new Rolex-wearing terrorist to admire and fawn over…I give it 6 months or less until these guys try to turn Syria into another Afghanistan-style islamist hell esp for women, and a new wave of refugees into the West….and a whole new dimension of civil secular-religious war and destruction.

But all in all, a successful segue from western failure in Ukraine.


5 posted on 12/09/2024 7:00:01 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: McGruff
He reinvented himself with American taxpayers. Much like Ukraine's Zelinsky. This guy is just getting started. I can just see it now. Noland and Sullivan laundering billions to this guy while the new Syria pretends to oppose Russia and Tehran.

Freeze the finances of state departments everywhere until Trump takes office.

6 posted on 12/09/2024 7:08:02 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: blackdog

It’s going to be like Fidel Castro, who denied he was a Communist when he took powe.


7 posted on 12/09/2024 7:10:51 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff
Doing their best to fulfill bible prophecy?

Zechariah 1:4 :: NIV - MIT

"I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city."

'Jerusalem Next': Syrian Rebels' Big Declaration Against Israel, Message To Gaza

8 posted on 12/09/2024 7:32:17 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: McGruff
more info on the new boss in syria

the fight against terrorists isnt what the legacy media portrays. in fact sarah exposes medias dishonesty in her shawn ryan interveiw. the fight is expanding and headed for us across our borders. its not over, its just started.

i learned about her on a shawn ryan youtube video where she was recommended as a future guest of ryans show by Oz of 13 hours in Bengazi fame.

watch her interviews here at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSn-hC9H-EM&pp=ygUbc2hhd24gcnlhbiBzaG93IHNhcmFoIGFkYW1z

1h 28 m

Sarah Adams - CIA Targeter Exposes How Hamza bin Laden is Alive | SRS #81 Part 1

/ Sarah Adams - Barack Obama Visited Beyonce and Jay-Z During the Benghazi Attacks | SRS #81 Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEj_MbMDciY&pp=ygUbc2hhd24gcnlhbiBzaG93IHNhcmFoIGFkYW1z

1h 26m

/

Superbad - CIA Targeter Tracks Down #1 Enemy of Benghazi Attacks | SRS #116·

Jun 10,2024

Shawn Ryan Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C48x9mHLfI&pp=ygU3U3VwZXJiYWQgLSBDSUEgVGFyZ2V0ZXIgVHJhY2tzIERvd24gIzEgRW5lbXkgb2YgQmVuZ2F6aQ%3D%3D

2h 57m .

9 posted on 12/09/2024 7:32:43 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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To: cuz1961
these interviews arent just history.
She covers the interconnectedness of ALL the jihadi groups.

the 3rd link has current info and relevancy.

10 posted on 12/09/2024 7:35:30 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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To: McGruff

Sory, an Islamist is an Islamist is an Islamist, and they can change their name, their title, their wardrobe, but it never is a change of the their Jihadist Islmist mind.


11 posted on 12/09/2024 7:38:05 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Wuli
the easiest, and fastest, way to defeat jihadies

is to quit giving them money

listen to the 3rd sarah adams link

we are currently sending the taliban in Afghanistan millions weekly

joe and miley gave them 83 billion in mil gear

he took a ragtag bunch with ak47’s with barrels so shot out they couldnt hit their own foot even if they took time aiming at it

and now, iirc, they are the 4th largest equipped mob on the planet.

the left have always been in cahoots with americas enemies ( see my about page )

12 posted on 12/09/2024 7:52:41 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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To: blackdog

Much like Ukraine’s Zelinsky.
= = =

Ditto


13 posted on 12/09/2024 8:15:25 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: McGruff
Re: "Syrian rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and his Islamist militant group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)..."

Only one important question...

What country has been signing HTS pay checks for the last 13 years?

14 posted on 12/09/2024 11:06:18 AM PST by zeestephen (Kamala Lost The Election By Just 230,000 Votes - In Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania)
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To: McGruff

Reinvented himself.

Judas did that too.


15 posted on 12/09/2024 11:15:55 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: McGruff

I’ve Seen This Movie Before. When Hamas took over Gaza.


16 posted on 12/09/2024 11:46:55 AM PST by Valin
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To: McGruff

17 posted on 12/09/2024 3:29:09 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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