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| Qaeda tells Syria fighters to shun secularists in sign of deeper rebel rift |
| 2013-09-15 |
| [REUTERS] Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has told the Islamist Death Eaters who are some of Syria's toughest opposition forces to avoid alliances with other rebel fighters backed by Gulf Arab states and the West. His comment reflects a deepening rift between groups of the Western- and Arab-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) and guerrillas sympathetic to Zawahri's ultra hardline network, which seeks to wage a transnational armed campaign against the West. Division among rebel fighters, as well as the influence of hardline Islamists, is one reason Western powers have hesitated to intervene in Syria's two-and-a-half-year-old conflict, in which more than 100,000 people have been killed. In an audio speech released a day after the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 strikes, Zawahri said the United States would try to push opposition fighters to link up with "secular parties that are allied to the West", the SITE monitoring service said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Al-Qaeda looking for the innocents = tweens-n-teens = tote new guys. * See also DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > LIVELEAK VIDEO: AL-QAEDA LOOKING FOR LOCAL MUJAHIDEEN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-09-15 23:25 |
| #1 Shunning with extreme prejudice: Syrian Jihadist Slits Throat of Christian Man Refusing to Deny Christ, Then Taunts Fiancée, 'Jesus Didn't Come to Save Him' |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-09-15 10:53 |