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Who are the rebels?
This was a good read. FULL ARTICLE LINKED HERE.
American threats widen fault lines among Syria's rebels | World news | The Guardian
A few quotes from rebels actually interviewed in Syria:
Here the evolution of Syria's civil war is written in paint on the walls of schools, civic buildings and advertising hoardings, hijacked by myriad players intent on leaving their mark.
The black banner of al-Qaida, adopted by ISIS, is more prominent in al-Bab than the gold-edged flag of the other al-Qaida-linked group, Jabhat al-Nusra, or the regular units of the Free Syrian Army.
When the Guardian spoke to Abu Ismail last November he was a new arrival to the Liwa al-Tawheed, which, though Islamic, fights for a new leadership in Syria and broadly embraces the worldview of the Free Syrian Army. With his new status as local emir, or prince, he claims that momentum for a regional jihad – which aims to install a strict interpretation of sharia law and create a caliphate on a crumbling nation state – is building. "If you control this part of Syria, you control all the Middle East," he said.
Great post. Literally every video I watch of these guys they're screaming "Allah Akbar". That shows they're radical jahadists. I say, F-'em. I have no interest in helping these Islamic-fascists. AND I'm tired of being the worlds police.