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ISIL's Syria push 'a political disaster' according to Al Qaeda leader
Hürriyet ^ | May/03/2014

Posted on 05/03/2014 8:50:46 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

Iraqi Al Qaeda's entry into Syria's civil war caused "a political disaster" for Islamist militants there, the movement's global leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video message, urging the faction to redouble its efforts in Iraq instead.

Zawahri has repeatedly tried to end infighting between the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and another Al Qaeda-aligned group, the Nusra Front.

He said on May 2 in a message translated by SITE Monitoring that if ISIL had accepted his decision not to get involved in Syria and had instead worked to "busy itself with Iraq, which needs double its efforts" then it could have avoided the "waterfall of blood" caused by militant infighting.

ISIL militants joined the conflict in Syria last year and unilaterally declared they were taking over the Nusra Front, which had won the admiration of many rebels fighting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad for its battlefield prowess.

Zawahri, who has run Al Qaeda since Osama bin Laden was killed in April 2011, accused ISIL's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, of "sedition" and said rebel disunity had been handed "on a plate of gold" to Assad, the ultimate target of all Sunni Islamist groups in Syria.

Zawahri said Baghdadi should instead redouble his efforts against the Iraqi government, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who is a Shi'ite - an Islamic sect regarded by Al Qaeda as heretical. Shi'ism is the dominant sect in Iran.

He said that toppling Assad would "cause the elimination of more than half of the Iranian power alliance that seeks to establish a Shi'ite state from Afghanistan to south Lebanon."

On April 30, the United States said Al Qaeda's core organisation in Pakistan, led by Zawahri, had been severely degraded, but that the movement's affiliates in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more autonomous and aggressive.


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1 posted on 05/03/2014 8:50:46 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin

So which group is Obama and McCain arming?


2 posted on 05/03/2014 8:53:18 AM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset

Whoever burns the most churches.


3 posted on 05/03/2014 8:54:35 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin (A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I think Al-Nusra ought to go into Iraq and takeover the ISIL. That would stirs things up.


4 posted on 05/03/2014 9:42:29 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

bump


5 posted on 08/10/2014 9:55:41 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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> Zawahri, who has run Al Qaeda since Osama bin Laden was killed in April 2011, accused ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, of “sedition” and said rebel disunity had been handed “on a plate of gold” to Assad, the ultimate target of all Sunni Islamist groups in Syria... He said that toppling Assad would “cause the elimination of more than half of the Iranian power alliance that seeks to establish a Shi’ite state from Afghanistan to south Lebanon.”


6 posted on 08/11/2014 11:18:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Sounds like the Judean Peoples Front vs The Peoples Front of Judea.....SPLITTERS!


7 posted on 08/11/2014 11:23:19 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SunkenCiv

BTTT

Good choice to highlight.

For some reason, the words “food fight” come to mind.


8 posted on 08/11/2014 11:31:45 PM PDT by dixiechick2000
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To: dfwgator

I am not familiar with your reference.


9 posted on 08/12/2014 5:17:31 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin (A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
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To: dixiechick2000

It’s almost as if ISIL’s being used as useful idiots are wont to be used.


10 posted on 08/14/2014 9:52:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yes.

Do it some more!


11 posted on 08/15/2014 11:21:50 PM PDT by dixiechick2000
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To: SunkenCiv

Except they went too far and our Air Force and others are taking them out without the ‘CINC’s approval.

They forced a coup... and may it proliferate.


12 posted on 08/15/2014 11:33:24 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: dixiechick2000; txhurl

:’)


13 posted on 08/16/2014 4:58:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
Got it. AlQaida and ISIS are arguing about who should control the fight to topple Assad. The US (and the DC puppetmaster Saudi Arabia) want the same thing.

Why are we STILL on the wrong side of the fight to save civilization?

14 posted on 08/16/2014 5:07:47 AM PDT by grania
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To: DeaconBenjamin

After having world wide evidence of exactly what happens to minority populations once overtaken by ISIS, can any government on this planet have a right to criticise measures Assad may take to protect his Alawites?


15 posted on 08/16/2014 5:22:10 AM PDT by The Toll
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