Educators do not use ad hominem attacks and strawman arguments. Only those supporting agendas and using the little back book of disinformation rely on those tactics to distract people from the questions at hand, which was in this instance, seriosuly, it reads like it came right off a PNAC funded site; *** Who, pray tell, is Shrooms, much less who is this person (or organization) working for?
And why does this sound like I'm reading something on the PNAC site? *** I dare say this ID your using is the same as another I that sues the same tactics, partial because of your refusal to duplicate simple things like spelling of my name, or that you never read further then you can create an ad hominem attack for response to. Seriously, I thought you and your Marxist people were not on the side of the Imperialists. You send stuff that appears to be from Anarchists, that also do naught but support the Imperialists desires. Seriously, this is something I must take the opportunity to point out to others, especially on a list that is suppose to be for alternate media instead of shadowy propaganda wearing the cloak of the International Corporate Oppositionists. It's what your articles support, You on the other hand have never taken the opportunities presented to discuss anything, you just revert to personal attacks. Scott "Therefore strategies for dealing with, and opposing, the Muslim Brotherhood should be fundamentally different from our approach to militant-Jihadi groups" Scott > *Oh Scot* > * > * > *Your ignorance is showing or is it that the pole from the caber toss hit > you in the head too many times at the Highland games... [?]* > * > * > *Rojo Rojito* > * > * > *Cort* > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:56 PM, <scotpe...@cruzio.com> wrote: > >> Who, pray tell, is Shrooms, much less who is this person (or >> organization) >> working for? >> >> And why does this sound like I'm reading something on the PNAC site? >> >> Scott >> >> "Therefore strategies for dealing with, and opposing, the Muslim >> Brotherhood should be fundamentally different from our approach to >> militant-Jihadi groups" >> >> >> > *Remembering Sabra and Shatila massacre 16-18 September 1982 >> > #Lebanon<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Lebanon> >> > * >> > >> > >> > >> http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/syria-the-rise-of-al-qaeda-in-syria-separating-fact-from-mythology/ >> > >> > â SYRIA/PALESTINE: Palestinians and the Syrian Revolution: Lessons >> from >> > the >> > fight against >> > fascism< >> http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/syriapalestine-palestinians-and-the-syrian-revolution-lessons-from-the-fight-against-fascism/ >> > >> > â< >> http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/uk-anti-fascist-network-statement-on-saturday-7th-september-edl-demonstration/ >> > >> > SYRIA: The Rise of Al Qaeda in Syria: Separating Fact from Mythology >> > >> > SEP >> > 12< >> http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/syria-the-rise-of-al-qaeda-in-syria-separating-fact-from-mythology/ >> > >> > >> > Posted by tahriricn <http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/author/tahriricn/> >> > >> > By Leila Shrooms for Tahrir-ICN[image: >> > ED-AR204_obagy_D_20130830164816]< >> http://tahriricn.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/ed-ar204_obagy_d_20130830164816.jpg >> > >> > >> > One of the most worrying developments during the trajectory of >> Syriaâs >> > revolution has been the rise of militant Jihadi groups. The danger >> that >> > the >> > increasing strength of such groups poses to both Syria and the region >> > should not be underestimated. Yet a lot of misunderstandings exist >> about >> > the nature and dominance of such groups which this article attempts to >> > address. Only when fact is separated from mythology are we able to >> move >> > forward collectively towards a strategy that addresses the threat of >> > counter-revolutionary forces and have a better understanding of who is >> > working for the original goals of the revolution so that they can be >> given >> > the solidarity they deserve. >> > >> > *Al Qaeda ideology* >> > Al Qaeda or militant Jihadi groups[1] have an internationalist >> perspective >> > and want to establish a global Islamic caliphate based on a strict >> > interpretation of Sharia law. The ideology of Al Qaeda groups is >> closely >> > related to Salafi/Wahabi ideology (the totalitarian political doctrine >> > which is practiced in Saudi Arabia). Whilst Salafism is an extremely >> > repressive, puritanical ideology which follows a literal >> interpretation >> of >> > the Quran, it is important to note that not all Salafists believe in >> > violent means to establish their goals and that some Salafists are >> > prepared >> > to work within a democratic system. By contrast, militant Jihadi >> groups >> > reject the concept of democracy holding that their interpretation of >> Islam >> > is mandated by God. They believe that it is a religious duty to defend >> the >> > Muslim community against enemies of Islam and are prepared to die as >> > martyrs for that cause. They regard anyone who does not subscribe to >> their >> > ideology (including liberal Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims) as >> > heretics/Kafir. Some, known as Takfiris, believe that they have the >> right >> > to kill heretics. Al Qaeda affiliated groups in the region include >> > Egyptian >> > Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula in Yemen and Saudi >> > Arabia, >> > Jund Ansar Allah in Palestine, Fatah Al Islam in Lebanon and Al Qaeda >> in >> > the Islamic Maghreb in Algeria and Morocco. [2]These groups do not >> have a >> > broad popular support base, primarily due to their use of terrorist >> means >> > targeting civilians in countries in which they operate and their >> following >> > of an interpretation of Islam which is alien to almost everyone. >> > >> > *Mainstream political Islam* >> > It is important not to confuse militant Jihadis with mainstream >> political >> > Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Whilst the Muslim >> > Brotherhood is undoubtably conservative and reactionary, they have >> broad >> > based popular support across the Middle East and North Africa and have >> won >> > democratic elections in Palestine, Tunisia and Egypt. They gained >> > prominence during the Islamic revival of the 1970s, as a direct >> response >> > to >> > western imperialism. They work to reinstate Islamic laws and believe >> in >> > the >> > concept of Islamic unity and the return of the caliphate abolished by >> > Ataturk in 1924 although they primarily struggle on the national >> level. >> > They advocate that political Islam is compatible with the >> establishment >> of >> > a modern, democratic, multi-party state that respects human rights, >> > including the rights of religious minorities.[3] Pursuing social >> justice >> > and particularly reducing the gap between rich and poor has been a key >> > tenet of their ideology and to this end they established a vast >> network >> of >> > social services which gained them the support of the urban and rural >> > poor.[4] Although they have been known to use violent means to achieve >> > their goals, the Muslim Brotherhood officially rejects the use of >> > violence.[5] >> > >> > The experience of countries that have been governed by the Muslim >> > Brotherhood show a wide gap between their rhetoric and reality. Highly >> > authoritarian and repressive regimes have been established where they >> have >> > come to power. Yet we should not regard the Muslim Brotherhood as a >> > violent >> > terrorist organization or overlook the support the organization has >> > amongst >> > broad sections of a religiously conservative population. Therefore >> > strategies for dealing with, and opposing, the Muslim Brotherhood >> should >> > be >> > fundamentally different from our approach to militant-Jihadi groups. >> The >> > Muslim Brotherhood is prominent in the Syrian National Coalition (the >> > bourgeois opposition in exile which is backed by the West, Gulf States >> and >> > Turkey and influenced by foreign agendas). The Syrian National >> Coalition >> > also includes secular and leftist opposition groups (including >> Christian >> > and Kurdish parties), the Free Syrian Army, grass-roots opposition >> groups >> > and independents. It advocates establishing a civil, democratic >> Syria.[6] >> > >> > Between the âmoderateâ political Islamists and Al Qaeda there >> exists a >> > broad spectrum of other Salafist groups which subscribe to puritanical >> > versions of Islam some of which are militant. They include Al Nour >> party >> > in >> > Egypt, Islamic Jihad and Jaysh al Islam in Palestine, and Ansar Al >> Islam >> > and Ahrar Al Sham in Syria. Further, although the overwhelming >> majority >> of >> > people in the region are Muslim, many are also secularists, including >> the >> > vast majority of Syriaâs grassroots civil opposition. Socialist and >> > anti-authoritarian/anarchist currents also exist within Islam with >> roots >> > that can be traced back to the ninth century.[7] >> > >> > *Al Qaeda groups in Syria* >> > The two Al Qaeda affiliated groups operating in Syria are Jabhat Al >> Nusra >> > (Al Nusra Front â JAN) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham >> (ISIS). >> > Both >> > can be traced back to groups established to fight against the American >> > occupation of Iraq and grew in strength due to the sponsorship of the >> > Syrian government. This is important to note because whilst the >> origins >> of >> > Al Qaeda globally go back to Afghanistan, where they were supported by >> the >> > CIA to fight against the Soviets in the 70s and 80s, this is not the >> > experience of Al Qaeda groups operating in Syria or Iraq today which >> fight >> > against US imperialism, Zionism and all western influence. >> > >> > Some of JANâs members are Syrians that returned from fighting in >> Iraq >> > when >> > the uprising broke out in 2011, but many foreigners also joined their >> > ranks. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed >> that >> > JAN was its branch in Syria. However, JANâs leader, Abu Mohammed Al >> > Golani, >> > has rejected this claim whilst simultaneously pledging allegiance to >> Al >> > Qaeda globally. ISIS is a part of the Al Qaeda network and the >> majority >> of >> > its members are foreigners. Whilst exact numbers are not known it is >> > estimated that together JAN and ISIS have around10,000 members, less >> than >> > 10 per cent of estimated armed opposition fighters.[8] Both aim to >> > overthrow the government of Bashar Al Assad, establish and Islamic >> > caliphate and a strict interpretation of Islamic law, are opposed to >> > Western intervention and are opposed to the US and Israel. >> > >> > The numbers of JAN and ISIS are relatively small, yet they have a >> > disproportionate strength compared to other armed opposition groups. >> They >> > have battle-experience from Iraq and have received a lot of military >> > support from Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia and Qatar, >> which >> > aim >> > to destabilize Syria through sectarian conflict in order to prevent a >> > popular revolution from succeeding. By contrast other armed groups are >> > still mainly dependent on light weapons and what they can seize from >> > Syrian >> > army bases they have captured. JAN and ISIS are concentrated in the >> north >> > of the country, along the Turkish border in Aleppo and Idlib >> governorates, >> > in Al Raqqa governorate, and in the east in Deir Al Zour governorate >> along >> > the border with Iraq. They have attempted to set up Islamic emirates >> in >> > areas under their control, established Sharia courts and placed >> > restrictions on the rights of women and minorities. >> > >> > Both groups have been responsible for carrying out attacks against >> > civilians, including suicide bombings, the arrest of opposition >> activists, >> > the torture and extrajudicial killing of Syrian army soldiers they >> have >> > captured, and sectarian killings. Most recently they have been >> responsible >> > for atrocities carried out against the Kurdish population, causing >> over >> > 20,000 Kurds to flee to Iraq in August. The extremism and violence >> > practiced by such groups is an increasing trend and major cause for >> > concern. Yet, it must be borne in mind that the overwhelming majority >> of >> > the estimated 120,000 deaths and vast majority of cases of torture and >> > brutality in Syria over the past 2.5 years have been carried out by >> the >> > Syrian regime.[9] >> > >> > Al Qaeda affiliated groups have the potential to cause chaos and >> violence >> > in Syria and the region for many years to come. However, their ability >> to >> > impose their vision on a future Syria is grossly over-estimated. They >> are >> > small in number, they do not have a popular support base, and the >> majority >> > of their ranks are foreigners. After 10 years of causing turmoil in >> Iraq, >> > including the massacre of thousands of civilians, they did not manage >> to >> > win the support of the local population or create an Islamic state. >> > According to a Syrian rebel from a secular brigade in Salamiyah; âAl >> > Qaida >> > is the one thing that will unite Syrian people after the revolution, >> > because all of the Syrians will want them out â those who are now >> with >> > the >> > regime and those who are against the regime. Nobody likes these people >> ⦠>> > After the regime falls there will have to be a new military formation >> to >> > confront these radical movements.â[10] >> > >> > *Relationship of militant Jihadi groups to the Free Syrian Army (FSA)* >> > The Free Syrian Army is the main, and by far the largest, armed >> opposition >> > group in Syria. Itâs leadership is linked to the SNC. The FSA is >> > comprised >> > of officers and soldiers that have defected from the regime as well as >> > anti-regime elements of the civilian population. It is committed to >> the >> > overthrow of Assad and the establishment of a plural, civil, >> democratic >> > Syria. The FSA is comprised of many battalions. The leader of the FSA, >> > Salmin Idriss has stated he is committed to secularism, yet some >> > battalions >> > are Islamist (mainly Muslim Brotherhood affiliated), some are secular >> and >> > some are comprised of Christians, Kurds and Alawites. There are even >> women >> > only brigades. >> > >> > Whilst serious human rights abuses have been carried out by elements >> of >> > the >> > FSA, these appear to be mainly isolated incidents rather than >> wide-spread >> > and systematic attacks on civilians and civilian areas. Human Rights >> Watch >> > has noted that âmany of the antigovernment groups reported to be >> > carrying >> > out abuses do not appear to belong to an organized command structure >> or >> to >> > be following Syrian National Council ordersâ.[11] When such >> incidents >> > have >> > come to light the SNC and FSA have condemned them and called for the >> > arrest >> > and prosecution of those responsible, something that has never been >> seen >> > from the Assad regime.[12] The FSA is generally held in high regard by >> the >> > civilian population and seen as protector and defender of the >> people.[13] >> > >> > ISIS and JAN operate outside of the FSA chain of command and reject >> the >> > leadership of the SNC. Yet, due to their advanced military capacity >> and >> > military successes against the Assad regime, some FSA battalions have >> > cooperated with them. The majority refuse to do so, and as militant >> Jihadi >> > groups have grown in strength and carried out increasing attacks on >> > civilians, particularly sectarian violence, the FSA leadership has >> sought >> > to distance themselves and condemned their actions.[14] The FSA has >> also >> > been engaged in fierce battles with JAN and ISIS (as was seen recently >> in >> > Bustan Al Qasr) and militant Jihadi groups have expelled FSA >> battalions >> > from some areas under their control and even assassinated FSA >> leaders.[15] >> > It is also interesting to note, that increasingly JAN and ISIS have >> > refused >> > to fight against the government on front lines and instead focused on >> > consolidating their power in areas under their control.[16] This is a >> > clear >> > testimony that they are not working for the goals of the revolution >> but >> > rather to further their own extremist religious agenda. >> > >> > There are other battalions that operate outside of the FSA chain of >> > command >> > and are openly critical of the SNC and FSA leadership abroad.[17] >> These >> > include both secularists and Islamists. One of the largest Islamist >> > coalitions is The Syrian Islamic Front, comprised mainly of Salafist >> > battalions such as Ahrar Al Sham. Their aim is to establish an Islamic >> > state governed by Sharia Law although they are Syrian nationalists and >> not >> > working for a global caliphate or linked to Al Qaeda.[18] They reject >> > western notions of democracy.[19] >> > >> > *Syrian government strategy towards militant Jihadis* >> > When the peaceful popular uprising began in Syria in early 2011, the >> > Syrian >> > government falsely claimed it was fighting Sunni Islamic militant >> > terrorists. This was an attempt to discredit the legitimate demands of >> the >> > Syrian people for freedom, social justice and dignity and justify its >> > terrifying crackdown. As we have seen, to some extent it was to turn >> into >> > a >> > self-fulfilling prophecy. The government sent Shabiha (armed Alawite >> > militias) to arrest and shoot protesters and terrorize the civilian >> > population, thereby introducing sectarianism into the uprising, >> despite >> > minority groups such as Alawite, Christians and Kurds playing an >> active >> > role in the opposition. In the first five months alone, when protests >> were >> > still peaceful, the UN estimates that hundreds of people were >> killed.[20] >> > Many more were imprisoned and brutally tortured. Assad also released a >> > large number of militant Jihadi prisoners from jail in the early days >> of >> > the revolution.[21] The Assad regime has made deals with Jabhat Al >> Nusra, >> > such as paying them 150 million Syrian Lira [$1.15 million] monthly to >> > keep >> > oil flowing through two major pipelines in Banias and Latakia.[22] It >> is >> > also clear that the vast majority of attacks carried out by the regime >> > have >> > not been on JAN or ISIS strongholds but rather in areas where secular >> or >> > âmoderateâ Islamist brigades are concentrated such as Homs, Deraa >> and >> > FSA >> > controlled parts of Aleppo. All these factors point to a concerted >> > strategy >> > by the Syrian regime to allow the uprising to be taken over by Islamic >> > extremism and sectarianism which would allow the regime to gain more >> > popular support. >> > >> > *Opposition to militant-Jihadism in Syria* >> > Whilst the focus of this article has been armed groups operating in >> Syria, >> > it is important to note that the grass roots civilian resistance in >> Syria >> > remains dynamic and strong and stands against both the Assad regime >> and >> > counter-revolutionary militant Jihadi groups (and is often highly >> critical >> > of the SNC leadership in exile). The overwhelming majority of the >> civil >> > resistance movements are secular, none-affiliated to traditional >> political >> > ideologies and motivated by desires for freedom, social justice and >> > dignity. Major grass roots opposition groupings such as the Local >> > Coordination Committees have released statements condemning the >> actions >> of >> > JAN and ISIS and have stressed that they are committed to a âcivil, >> > democratic and pluralist stateâ that respects the rights of all >> citizens >> > regardless of religious or ethnic identity.[23] >> > >> > There have been increasing protests against JAN and ISIS particularly >> in >> > areas where they are dominant, rejecting their authoritarian practices >> and >> > condemning their sectarian ideology and abuses.[24] For example, in Al >> > Raqqa, the first provincial capital to be liberated from the regime, >> > militant Jihadi groups took over the civilian local council. Where >> they >> > tried to put up the black Jihadi flag, local activists pulled it down >> and >> > replaced it with the revolutionary flag. ISIS also tried to impose >> fasting >> > on the population during the month of Ramadan and have arrested many >> > civilians from the city. The people of Al Raqqa have been holding >> > continuous protests against ISIS and the Islamic court they >> established, >> > calling on them to leave.[25] Likewise protesters in Idlib and Aleppo >> have >> > held demonstrations against the Sharia Committee and extremist/Takfiri >> > killings.[26] As sectarianism has increased, there have been protests >> > calling for national unity in which different religious and ethnic >> groups >> > have participated.[27] On 1 August in Aleppo a joint protest was held >> by >> > Arabs and Kurds in which hundreds took part, condemning recent >> atrocities >> > carried out against the Kurdish population by militant Jihadi >> groups.[28] >> > >> > Civil society organizations such as Nabd have been established to >> promote >> > co-existence and an end to sectarianism.[29] Likewise, non-violent >> > organizations such as the Freedom Days coalition, which comprises a >> large >> > number of groups, promote peaceful struggle and coexistence across >> ethnic >> > and religious lines.[30] In recent days a campaign called Goodbye >> Da3esh >> > has been established to oppose the wide-spread arrests of civilians, >> > including opposition activists, carried out by ISIS.[31] >> > >> > Such initiatives and struggles need to be highlighted and supported. >> It >> is >> > too easy to adopt the simplistic binary narrative promoted by states >> and >> > blanket thinkers that the choice the Syrian people face is between a >> > secular fascist dictatorship or Al Qaeda. As Spanish revolutionaries >> in >> > the >> > 1930s fought on two fronts against both the fascists and the >> communists, >> > Syrian revolutionaries have to fight against both the Assad regime and >> > counter-revolutionary militant Jihadi groups. It is clear that >> militant >> > Jihadism is gaining a foothold in Syria and that as the struggle >> continues >> > without resolution they will continue to grow in strength. The answer >> is >> > not to support a regime that holds responsibility for creating this >> > problem >> > in the first place. The answer is to stand in solidarity with those >> who >> > struggle against it, in the hope that their voices will not be lost >> for >> > ever. >> > >> > *Endnotes:* >> > >> > 1 I emphasis the word militant because the concept of Jihad is often >> > misunderstood. Jihad is a religious duty for Muslims and means >> > âstruggleâ. >> > This can be interpreted as a struggle against oppression or the >> internal >> > struggles of ones own personal life. In the contemporary use Jihad(i) >> > refers to those who find it a religious obligation to defend Muslim >> land >> > against the Kafir (non believer). >> > >> > 2 For some reports on militant Jihadi groups in the region see, >> > International Crisis Group, Radical Islam in Gaza, (2011), >> > >> http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle%20East%20North%20Africa/Israel%20Palestine/104%20Radical%20Islam%20in%20Gaza.ashx >> , >> > < >> http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle%20East%20North%20Africa/Israel%20Palestine/104%20Radical%20Islam%20in%20Gaza.ashx,%C2%A0 >> >Institute >> > for the Study of War, Jihad in Syria, (2012), >> > >> http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Jihad-In-Syria-17SEPT.pdf >> , >> > Omayma Abdel-Latif, âCedar Jihadisâ[Lebanon] Al Ahram, >> > http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/895/re2.htm >> > >> > 3 For the pledge and charter of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (2012) >> see: >> > http://www.memri.org/report/en/print6250.htm >> > >> > 4 For an excellent introduction to the Islamic revival (from an Arab >> > feminist perspective) see: Leila Ahmed, A Quiet Revolution: The >> Veilâs >> > Resurgence, from the Middle East to America, (2011) >> > >> > 5 See âA Declaration to the Peopleâ (2011) >> > http://asharqalarabi.org.uk/english/at-3.htm & âThe pledge and >> charter >> > of >> > the Syrian Muslim Brotherhoodâ (2012) >> > http://www.memri.org/report/en/print6250.htm >> > >> > 6 See âSyrian Coalition Principlesâ, >> > >> http://www.etilaf.org/en/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=35&Itemid=584 >> > >> > 7 See for example, Mohammed Jean Veneuse, Anarca Islam, (2009) >> > http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/anarca-islam/ and David >> Baker, >> > Ninth-Century Muslim Anarchists, (2011) >> > >> http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/ninth-century-muslim-anarchists/ >> > >> > 8 See Aljazeera âInteractive: Mapping Syriaâs rebellionâ, >> > >> http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2013/07/20137188552345899.html >> . >> > Whilst these figures vary according to reports from usually from >> > 6,000-10,000, Syrian grass-roots opposition groups repeatedly affirm >> that >> > militant Jihadi groups have a small presence amongst opposition armed >> > groups. For example see âOur Revolution: A popular revolution for >> > freedom, >> > equality and social justice and against every kind of absolutismâ, >> > (August >> > 2013) >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/our-revolution-a-popular-revolution-for-freedom-equality-and-social-justice-and-against-every-kind-of-absolutism/ >> > >> > 9 See for example: Amnesty International, âAnnual Report 2013: >> Syriaâ >> > (2013) http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/syria/report-2013 Human >> Rights >> > Watch âSyria: Government Likely Culprit in Chemical Attackâ, >> > (September >> > 2013) >> > >> http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/10/syria-government-likely-culprit-chemical-attack >> > and >> > The Revolting Syrian âDoes this not outrage you?â >> > >> http://www.therevoltingsyrian.com/post/50495350134/does-this-not-outrage-you >> > [WARNING: >> > the videos in the last link are extremely graphic] >> > >> > 10 Cited in Syria Deeply, âThe State of a Secular Rebel Fighting >> > Forceâ, >> > (September 2013) >> > >> http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/09/state-secular-rebel-fighting-force/#.UjF5pmQ-u2p >> > >> > 11 Human Rights Watch, âSyria: Armed Opposition Groups Committing >> > Abusesâ, >> > (March 2012) >> > >> http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/20/syria-armed-opposition-groups-committing-abuses >> > >> > 12 See for example: âStatement by the General Staff of the Free >> Syrian >> > Armyâ (May 2013) >> > >> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=482097828528873&set=a.458923474179642.1073741828.458106567594666&type=1 >> > and >> > âJoint Statement from the FSA and Kurdish Frontâ (July 2013) >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/translation-of-the-joint-statement-from-the-fsa-and-the-kurdish-front/ >> > >> > 13 This is evident in chants of support for the FSA seen at weekly >> > protests >> > across Syria and also based on my own discussion with Syrian refugees >> in >> > camps across Lebanon and Jordan. >> > >> > 14 âJoint Statement from the FSA and Kurdish Frontâ (July 2013) >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/translation-of-the-joint-statement-from-the-fsa-and-the-kurdish-front/ >> > >> > 15 Martin Chulov, âFree Syrian Army clashes with jihadists in wake >> of >> > commanderâs assassinationâ, (July 2013) >> > >> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/14/free-syrian-army-jihadists-clashes-aleppo >> > & >> > Syria Freedom Forever, âSyria: the Kurdish question, the Islamists >> and >> > the >> > FSAâ, (July 2013) >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/syria-the-kurdish-question-the-islamists-and-the-fsa/ >> > >> > 16 Syrian Freedom Forever, âYou can jail a revolutionary but you >> canât >> > jail >> > the revolutionâ, (August 2013) >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/you-can-jail-revolutionaries-but-you-cannot-kill-the-revolution-the-syrian-people-will-not-kneel/ >> > >> > 17 For an overview of Syriaâs armed opposition see: >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_armed_groups_in_the_Syrian_civil_war >> > >> > 18 See the Charter of the Syrian Islamic Front (2013) >> > >> http://abujamajem.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/the-charter-of-the-syrian-islamic-front/ >> > >> > 19 Aron Lund, âSyriaâs Salafi Insurgents: The Rise of the Syrian >> > Islamic >> > Frontâ, (2012) http://www.ui.se/eng/upl/files/86861.pdf >> > >> > 20 United Nations, âSyria: Security Council condemns rights abuses >> and >> > use >> > of force against civiliansâ, (August 2011) >> > http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsid=39229&cr1=#.UjHzH2Q-u2p >> > >> > 21 âBashar released Al Qaeda prisoners to cover his crimesâ, Al >> Ahram, >> > (March 2013) >> > >> http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/66953/World/Region/Bashar-released-AlQaeda-prisoners-to-cover-his-cri.aspx >> > & >> > Misbah Al Ali, âRival Islamists loom large over Syriaâ, The Daily >> Star >> > (March 2013) >> > >> http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Mar-19/210649-rival-islamists-loom-large-over-syria.ashx#axzz2egSa7ZD9 >> > >> > 22 Syrian Freedom Forever, âSyria or elsewhere, there are no pure >> > revolutions, just revolutions,â >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/syriaor-elsewhere-there-are-no-pure-revolutions-just-revolutions/ >> > also >> > Yasser Munif âThe revolution and the warâ, >> > http://socialistworker.org/2013/09/11/the-revolution-and-the-war. The >> > conversion is based on exchange rate of 11 September 2013. >> > >> > 23 LCC statement (April 2013) >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/condemnation-of-zawahris-statements-regarding-his-intervention-in-the-internal-affairs-of-syria/ >> > >> > 24 See, Syrian Freedom Forever, âSelf Organization of the popular >> > struggles >> > in Syria against the regime and Islamist groups? Yes, it exists!â >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/self-organization-of-the-popular-struggles-in-syria-against-the-regime-and-islamist-groups-yes-it-exists/ >> > and >> > Bassam Haddad, âThe Growing Challenge to the Syrian regime and the >> > Syrian >> > Uprisingâ, Jadaliyya, (June 2013) >> > >> http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/12556/the-growing-challenge-to-the-syrian-regime-and-the >> > >> > 25 For example see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hOsyH7zasw&sns=em >> > >> > 26 For example see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8edfgXT61A (Idlib) >> and >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5WqJ6Y2eQ8 (Aleppo) >> > >> > 27 For example see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaDFddXsJ3w >> (English >> > subtitles) >> > >> > 28 See, Syrian Freedom Forever, âSelf Organization of the popular >> > struggles >> > in Syria against the regime and Islamist groups? Yes, it exists!â >> > >> http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/self-organization-of-the-popular-struggles-in-syria-against-the-regime-and-islamist-groups-yes-it-exists/ >> > >> > 29 See their facebook page here: >> > >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nabd-Gathering-for-Syrian-Civil-Youth/361274777254185 >> > >> > 30 See their facebook page here: >> > https://en-gb.facebook.com/Freedom.Days.Syria >> > >> > 31 See their facebook page here: >> https://www.facebook.com/goodbyeda3esh >> > >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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