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Syria's Assad Accused Of Boosting Al-Qaeda With Secret Oil Deals
2014-01-27
[Telegraph] The Syrian regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
 has funded and co-operated with al-Qaeda in a complex double game even as the turbans fight Damascus, according to new allegations by Western intelligence agencies, rebels and al-Qaeda defectors.

Jabhat al-Nusra, and the even more extreme Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS), the two al-Qaeda affiliates operating in Syria, have both been financed by selling oil and gas from wells under their control to and through the regime, intelligence sources have told The Daily Telegraph.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  As I mentioned earlier, all AQ seemed to do in the conflict was talk about how they were fighting Bashar while they killed other rebels and then took over Western Iraq.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-01-27 09:49  

#2  IMO, we should have a pic of Bashar laughing his head off.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-01-27 03:12  

#1  Rebels and defectors say the regime also deliberately released hard boy prisoners to strengthen jihadist ranks at the expense of moderate rebel forces.

A tactic never employed by GITMO AQ handlers I am certain.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-27 00:45  

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