Libyan Terrorists Are Invading Syria. US, British, NATO, and GCC are arming and funding the foreign invasion of Syria - Western media providing increasingly tenuous "revolutionary" cover. by Tony Cartalucci August 14, 2012 - Reuters today provides us with a spectacularly contradictory headline in their report, "Libyan fighters join Syrian revolt. " Obviously foreign fighters from Libya, raiding cities, attacking government and civilian targets, and attempting to subvert and overthrow the sovereign government of Syria is not a "revolt. " It is an invasion. Image: Libyan Mahdi al-Harati of the US State Department, United Nations, and the UK Home Office (page 5, .pdf)-listed terrorist organization, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), addressing fellow terrorists in Syria. Harati is now commanding a Libyan brigade operating inside of Syria attempting to destroy the Syrian government and subjugate the Syrian population.
Traditionally, this is known as "foreign invasion. " Syria Is Suffering a Foreign Invasion, not a Revolution. Leading Libyan Islamist met Free Syrian Army opposition group. Abdulhakim Belhadj, head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, "met with Free Syrian Army leaders in Istanbul and on the border with Turkey," said a military official working with Mr Belhadj. "Mustafa Abdul Jalil (the interim Libyan president) sent him there. " The "covert operation" was immediately laid bare when a rival Libyan rebel brigade detained Belhaj at Tripoli airport, accused him of travelling on a fake passport, and declared they would jail the senior military leader.
Mr Belhaj also discussed sending Libyan fighters to train troops, the source said. Having ousted one dictator, triumphant young men, still filled with revolutionary fervour, are keen to topple the next. The commanders of armed gangs still roaming Tripoli's streets said yesterday that "hundreds" of fighters wanted to wage war against the Assad regime. "Everyone wants to go.
"We cannot say no to a woman," said Misurata rebel Lutfy el-Amin. Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination. “We are increasing our nonlethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, and we continue to coordinate our efforts with friends and allies in the region and beyond in order to have the biggest impact on what we are collectively doing,” said a senior State Department official, one of several U.S. and foreign government officials who discussed the evolving effort on the condition of anonymity.
The U.S. contacts with the rebel military and the information-sharing with gulf nations mark a shift in Obama administration policy as hopes dim for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Many officials now consider an expanding military confrontation to be inevitable. Material is being stockpiled in Damascus, in Idlib near the Turkish border and in Zabadani on the Lebanese border. The new supplies reversed months of setbacks for the rebels that forced them to withdraw from their stronghold in the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs and many other areas in Idlib and elsewhere. Sly reported from Beirut. Syria strife lures in militants from Libya. The arrival of Libyan fighters in Syria is raising questions about the motives of some of those seeking to overthrow the regime in Damascus. If Iraq is the model, the U.S. should be worried, national security analysts say.
Al Qaeda-linked groups in Benghazi in the middle part of the past decade answered al Qaeda’s call and sent scores of Libyan terrorists into Iraq, via Syria, to kill Americans and to try to topple the elected Shiite government in Baghdad. Now, Libyans whom the U.S. helped put into power are answering a call to bring down a government, that of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The questions facing Washington policymakers as they increase financial aid to anti-Assad forces: Are some of the Libyans actually violent Islamists and not West-favoring freedom fighters? Do they harbor sympathies for al Qaeda? An estimated 50 Libyan fighters are in Syria. “We shouldn’t be surprised,” said James Carafano, a military analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
Mr. Libya helps bankroll Syrian opposition movement. Qatar gave $15 million, and the United Arab Emirates contributed $5 million, according to the document. Unlike Qatar and the UAE, which are absolute monarchies, Libya has embarked on a rocky path toward democracy and shares an ideological vision with Syrian revolutionaries. Oil-rich Libya has emerged as one of the Syrian uprising’s firmest and earliest backers.
Perhaps dozens, if not hundreds, of veterans of the NATO-backed rebel insurgency that ousted autocrat Moammar Gaddafi have traveled to Syria to fight the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Its interim foreign minister said this year that his government could not prevent Libyans from heading to Syria to fight, nor could it condemn them for doing so. The Libyan government was among the first Arab nations to sever ties with the regime in Damascus. “I don’t think we have the legitimacy to pay this money, and what is it for? The report breaks down expenditures by category and geography.
. — Financial Times. Libya’s new rulers offer weapons to Syrian rebels. As Syrian War Drags On, Jihad Gains Foothold. UN Designates "Free Syrian Army" Affiliates as Al Qaeda. US, UK, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey stand accused of state sponsorship of terrorism. UN failure to enforce own resolutions will resign their legitimacy, necessitate their expedient removal and replacement with multipolar system.by Tony Cartalucci August 12, 2012 - The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) currently arming, funding, and commanding entire brigades of the so-called "Free Syrian Army" (FSA), is designated an Al Qaeda affiliate by the United Nations pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), in addition to being listed by both the US State Department and the UK Home Office (page 5, .pdf) as a foreign terrorist organization and a proscribed terrorist organization respectively.
The "Free Syrian Army"is Al Qaeda, led, armed, funded by Western-backed LIFG terrorists. Meanwhile, residents of the village where the Syrian Falcons were headquartered said there were fighters of several North African nationalities also serving with the brigade's ranks. CNN also added: Jihadists join Aleppo fight, eye Islamic state, surgeon says. Al-Qaeda Ladies' Choir Struts Its Stuff in Rebel Syria. In the meanwhile, an even more revealing video has come to light. It shows demonstrators in a public square in Syria holding up the al-Qaeda flag and chanting “Allahu Akbar!” What is particularly notable about this video, however, is that the demonstrators are women.
The women are fully veiled from head to foot, with black niqabs or facial veils covering all but their eyes. In addition to displaying al-Qaeda’s distinctive black flag, some of them wave the green-white-and-black flag of the Syrian rebellion. Others wear scarves featuring the colors of the rebellion. Both a sign in the midst of the demonstrators and a piece of paper held up to the camera at the end of the clip identify the location as Hraytan, a suburb of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Asked about the video, the French Syria specialist Frédéric Pichon identified the location as Hraytan based on the aforementioned elements. A copy of the Hraytan demonstration video can be viewed below on Breitbart TV.
Al-Qaeda tries to carve out a war for itself in Syria. Liwaa al-Umma. By early 2014, Liwaa al-Umma had joined with other rebel groups in Hama governorate, including Liwa al-Haqq and Jund al-Aqsa, into a Salafist and Jihadist coaltion called the Muhajireen wal-Ansar Alliance (not to be confused with the Chechen-lead Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar).[2][5] Structure and membership[edit] Harati decided to form the group following discussions with supporters of the Syrian opposition during a fact-finding mission to Syria in early 2012. According to Harati, about 90% of its 6,000+ members are Syrians, with the remaining 10% a mixture of Libyans, Egyptians, Palestinians, Sudanese and other Arabs.[6] Harati also says that most of the Syrian fighters are former members of other rebel groups who decided to join Liwaa al-Umma, whilst others have joined as individuals. He also says that most of the Libyans are former members of the Tripoli Brigade,[6] which received training from Qatari Special Forces in the town of Nalut during the Libyan civil war.
Ideology[edit] Syria Exclusive: Islamist Militants Fight Alongside Rebels. The al-Qaeda flag was propped up in a barrel painted with the three-starred Syrian revolutionary banner in the middle of the road at a makeshift checkpoint between the northern Syrian towns of Binnish and Taftanaz in Idlib province. The checkpoint was unmanned — not especially surprising, given the dry mid-afternoon heat and the lethargy sometimes brought on early in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. But what was surprising was how openly the flag was displayed. It was white, unlike the more familiar black monochrome inscribed with “No God but God” in white lettering, above the circular seal of the Prophet Muhammad.
But no matter the color, the implications were the same: that elements of al-Qaeda or the group’s supporters were present in this part of Syria. There has been much speculation about whether Islamic radicals have gained a foothold in the chaotic battlefield that is Syria today. (MORE: The Syria Crisis: Is al-Qaeda Intervening in the Conflict?) (PHOTOS: Escape from Syria) Amid Rebels, 'Flickers' of al Qaeda. Al-Qaida has presence in Syria, says Leon Panetta - video | World news. Switch_d: Jihadist announce the formation... The Secular Idiot’s Guide to Syria’s Jihadist Groups. The proliferation of radical Islamist groups fighting in Syria is beginning to resemble the Jihadi Olympics in the words of one observer.
(Me). They span the entire political spectrum, from extreme militant Salafist to Nihilist Al-Qaeda franchise. But to the untrained eye it’s difficult to tell them apart or know what each stands for. So we prepared this brief but handy guide to help you differentiate between The Lions of Damascus Brigades and The Damascus Lions Brigade. As a general rule, the more hard consonants there are in a group’s name, the more hardcore they are. Jabhat Al-Nusra No doubt the jewel in the crown of all Jihadi groups. Liwa’a Al-Tawheed Liwa’a Al-Tawheed or the Unity Brigades is a splinter group formed out of a spin-off group of members that quit the Free Syrian Army. The Lions of Damascus Brigades Animal names are popular among Jihadi groups, but mostly lions and eagles, not so much giraffes and hedgehogs. The Damascus Lions Brigade The Islamic Dawn Movement. Al-Qaeda Jihadists Are Among The Best Fighters Among The Syria Rebels.
Jihadis in Syria: The Cracks Start to Show. The emergence of extremist Islamists groups joining in the war against the Syrian regime has been a cause of serious concern to many on both sides of the conflict. As groups and factions split over their ideological and political agendas, fierce fighting is repeatedly breaking out in the opposition camp. Several days ago, the commander of a group calling itself al-Qaeda in the Levant, was assassinated. Abu Mohammad al-Shami, better known as al-Absi, was killed by Islamist fighters from the Salafi-leaning al-Farouq Battalion, which is also ideologically affiliated with al-Qaeda.
These Jihadis conspired with elements from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to ambush and kill Absi in a border area near Turkey. Two different accounts are being circulated regarding his death. According to the first, the assailants caught him by surprise, abducted him and then took him to an unknown destination where they stabbed him to death and disposed of his body. Al Qaeda Insinuating Its Way Into Syria’s Conflict. “We are now forming suicide cells to make jihad in the name of God,” said a speaker in the video using the classical Arabic favored by Al Qaeda. The video, posted on YouTube, is one more bit of evidence that Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists are doing their best to hijack the Syrian revolution, with a growing although still limited success that has American intelligence officials publicly concerned, and Iraqi officials next door openly alarmed.
While leaders of the Syrian political and military opposition continue to deny any role for the extremists, Al Qaeda has helped to change the nature of the conflict, injecting the weapon it perfected in — suicide bombings — into the battle against President with growing frequency. The evidence is mounting that has become a magnet for Sunni extremists, including those operating under the banner of Al Qaeda. Iraqi officials said the extremists operating in Syria are in many cases the very same militants striking across their country. Free Syrian Army. The Free Syrian Army (Arabic: الجيش السوري الحر, al-Jaysh as-Sūrī al-Ḥurr, FSA) is a group of defected Syrian Armed Forces officers and soldiers,[18][19] founded during the Syrian Civil War on 29 July 2011[20] by five[19] or seven defected Syrian officers.[20][21] The group defined "all [Syrian] security forces attacking civilians" as their enemies,[20][21] and said its goal was "to bring down the system"[20] or "to bring this regime down".[19] On 23 September 2011, the Free Syrian Army merged with the Free Officers Movement (Arabic: حركة الضباط الأحرار, Ḥarakat aḑ-Ḑubbāṭ al-Aḥrār); Western observers like The Wall Street Journal considered the FSA since then the main military defectors group.[22][23][24] 90% of the FSA consists of Sunni Muslims,[25] but a small minority are (Shia) Alawites[25] and some Druze fought in FSA units.
History[edit] Background of desertions[edit] In October 2011, American intelligence sources gave estimates of 10,000 Syrian deserters.[44] Strategy[edit] Col. Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels. U.S. admits funding Syrian opposition - World. The U.S. State Department acknowledged Monday it has been funding opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, following the release of secret diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks that document the funding. The files show that up to $6.3 million US was funnelled to the Movement for Justice and Development, a London-based dissident organization that operates the Barada TV satellite channel, which broadcasts anti-government news into Syria. Another $6 million went to support a variety of initiatives, including training for journalists and activists, between 2006 and 2010. Asked point-blank by reporters whether the United States is funding Syrian opposition groups, State Department spokesman Mark Toner told a news conference Monday, "We are — we're working with a variety of civil society actors in Syria with the goal here of strengthening freedom of expression.
" Toner insisted the financing is not aimed at overthrowing Assad's rule. "We are not working to undermine that government. " C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Rebels. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) also known as Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya (Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية المقاتلة بليبيا) is a group active in Libya which played a key role in deposing Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, allying itself with the National Transitional Council. However the organisation has a troubled history being under pressure from Muammar Gaddafi and shortly after the 9–11 attacks, LIFG was banned worldwide (as an affiliate of al-Qaeda) by the UN 1267 Committee.[4][6] Listed at the Foreign Terrorist Organizations,[7] the group has denied ever being affiliated with al-Qaeda, stating that it refused to join the global Islamic front Osama bin Laden declared against the west in 1998.[8] Members of the group participated in the Libyan civil war under the name Libyan Islamic Movement (al-Harakat al-Islamiya al-Libiya).
History[edit] LIFG was founded in 1995 by Libyans who had fought against Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Relationship with al Qaeda[edit]