In summary, for those that don't follow the news, Saddam created his own Al-Qaeda in the no-fly zone next to the Kurds. It was his way of tormenting the UN for creating the no-fly zone. He financed and supported them, they went to Baghdad hospitals for medical care, such as their constant war against Saddam's enemies, the Kurds the no-fly zone was meant to protect.
After Saddam's demise, and after Al-Qaeda in Iraq had worn out it's welcome with the Sunnis, we and the Sunnis, and the Shiites decimated them. But after we left, Malaki treated the Sunnis like a conquered people, and Al-Qaeda in Iraq became powerful again. They are, by far, the most powerful group in Syria too, and they now openly control everything between Damascus and Baghdad, larger than what used to be Iraq. And in a strange twist, a Saddam Regime "colonel" worked his way into the top level of leaders, and two months later, all the top leaders except him were blown up. He picked an unknown flunkie/puppet to be the front man, but he runs it. The old Saddam Regime with their vast billions, have seized the nerve center of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, like the old days. A zombie under their control, with all those fanatic suicide bombers and hardened fighters. And, they have been working in collusion with the Assad Regime. That's what happened to any moderates, and originally there were a lot of them. All gone now. Hunted down from the front and back. Lately with all the moderates gone, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, now called ISIS since it's Syria too, has attacked the other radical bigoted Islamists, including the Syrian Al-Qaeda that's not under Saddam Regime control. Assad gets what he wants, all the big cities in Syria and a country without a majority Sunni population. Saddam Regime gets what they want, their own country and a zombie killer at their beck and call. You have to admire how slick they pulled it off. Show trimmed content *Current Events in Al-Qaedastan* [image: http://gdb.rferl.org/AB15CCD5-6983-41D2-93F0-5F8C355F3C9F_mw1024_n_s.gif] The battle goes well for the national army of Al-Qaeda[InIraq]Stan on both fronts. On the Eastern Front, the Iraqi Shiites have been treating the Sunnis as a conquered people, and the civil war was just starting, bullets starting to fly, when the national army seized Ramadi and Fallujah. At the beginning, the local residents fled,, but all have returned now. The local tribes are probably too weak to drive them out, and not eager to decimate themselves with the hated Shiites sitting pretty. And the Shiites can’t enter the city, because they would have to fight the national army and the Tribes. Both are blocking the road. The Shiites are almost certainly too weak to drive them out too, but to find out, they would have to totally destroy the city and most of the residents. That’s fine with the Shiites, but the local tribes, who live there aren’t thrilled with the plan, hence them militarily blocking the road too. The Shiites have written it off, not their problem it’s our problem. The tribes, not thrilled about the situation, can’t do anything about it. On the Western Front, the local Syrian Al-Qaeda and those that think just like them have banded together against the National Army of Al-Qaedastan. In other words, all the rebels have banded against them. But the battle goes well for the National Army. They have completely cleared Raqqa, the largest city in Western Al-Qaedastan, a million people, of all competition, including torturing to death the head of the local Syrian Al-Qaeda. (There’s been bad blood for a while.) The National Army has had minor reverses in Alawiteistan, but that goes to the Alawites, that was the deal. And the Alawites and Al-Qaedastan’s National Army are pretty much openly working together, or at least that’s what the losers are now finally claiming. Meanwhile, like comic relief, there’s supposed to be some “peace” conference and a cold day in Al-Qaedastan that anyone other than the Alawites will show up. Our shiny shoes types in Turkey can no longer enter the country for a second, they would be instantly killed. All those scientists that built Saddam’s WMD are in Al-Qaedastan. And in case no one’s noticed, they seem to be drenched in money. By far, the best source… *http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/* <http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/> Current Events in Al-Qaedastan *Al Qaida’s ISIS takes 2 Syrian cities, executes scores of rivals* *By Mitchell Prothero* *McClatchy Foreign Staff* BEIRUT -- Al Qaida-linked militants, forced last week from many of their strongholds in northern and eastern Syria, have launched a fierce counterattack, retaking control of the capital of Raqqa province, seizing another city that’s a key border crossing with Turkey and executing hundreds of prisoners, witnesses and activists reported Monday. The resurgence of fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, an al Qaida affiliate whose tough interpretations of Islamic law had earned it the enmity of fellow rebels, suggested that last week’s predictions that moderate factions were retaking control of the rebellion against President Bashar Assad were premature... …ISIS had deployed suicide bombers against its rebel rivals at least 16 times in the last 10 days – more than the 13 the group had carried out during the entire previous year. “The number of attacks they’ve done against rebels makes me wonder about the link between ISIS and the regime,” said one secular activist, who still travels to Syria and didn’t want to be named criticizing ISIS. “There’s always been a rumor they worked together but never any evidence. But the car bombs, and that it seems like the regime only begins shelling an area after ISIS is replaced, makes me ask if it’s true.”… *http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/13/3868849/al-qaidas-isis-takes-2-syrian.html#storylink=cpy*<http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/13/3868849/al-qaidas-isis-takes-2-syrian.html#storylink=cpy> Easy to see why there’s no moderates left, only those that agree with Al-Qaeda on everything. Caught between a rock and a hard spot. The moderates are the mortal enemy of ISIS and Assad, And ISIS is Assad’s best hope to win, whether the two are in cahoots or not. ISIS/Al-Qaeda In Iraq was created by Saddam Hussein in his No-Fly Zone to torment us. The recent leaks from Al-Nusra, on the Landis site below, spilling the beans on them, say they are run by ex-Saddam Hussein thugs. One particular ex-Saddam colonel who is the real power, not Baghdati, and goes with him everywhere and handles everything. All power. Not an Islamist, was clean shaven until it caused a problem. And took control by killing off the competition, like Saddam and all the others, “Colonel Hajji Bakr was not harmed but the top commanders of the Islamic State were all killed at the same time and all the command was vacant”. *This is Al-Nusra, ratting on Al-Qaeda in Iraq, who created them in the first place*, and told them what to do, before they got too big for their britches, and became mortal enemies… 1) As we said, al-Baghdadi’s military council is led by 3 [individuals] and those 3 are headed by a former officer in the Baath party named Staff Colonel Hajji Bakr. 2) Colonel Hajji Bakr joined the Islamic State in Iraq when the state was led by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. [former ISI leader] 3) Hajji was a military member who offered his military service along with his experience in the Ba’ath army to al-Baghdadi’s organization. 4) Staff Colonel Hajji demonstrated his commitment and his repentance from the Ba’ath party and he is considered the most important military commander close to Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. 5) There was no previous acquaintance between the two; he was recommended to Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Hafs al-Muhajir by middlemen and he was accepted under the condition that he connect them with leadership [commanders] and useful information in the army. 6) The Staff Colonel was brought close to the leaders of the Islamic State in Iraq as a military advisor for Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Hafs al-Muhajer. 7) The Colonel Hajji Bakr provided the leadership with military information and plans and connected them with former military commanders from the remnants of the Ba’ath party. 8) Within a few weeks, Colonel Hajji Bakr became closer and closer to the leadership of Dawlat al-Iraq because he was a military treasure and an important commander. 9) The strange thing about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Da’esh today, is that he wasn’t present in the command council of the previous leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi [he didn't join the council] until [around the time of] the death of the latter. 10) Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was a member in the organization of Islamic state of Iraq outside of the organization’s command. He resided in western Iraq, specifically in Al-Anbar Province, specifically in Falujah. 11) He had been in the command as an adviser for al-Baghdadi and Al-Muhajer for nearly 50 days when the catastrophe hit the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Baghdadi and Abu Hafs were targeted with a shell and they all died. 12) Colonel Hajji Bakr was not harmed but the top commanders of the Islamic State were all killed at the same time and all the command was vacant [وكلمت حجي تقدير الجميع - ?] 13) There is another Colonel who is a friend of Hajji Bakr named Mazen Nahir and he often visits Hajji Bakr. He went with him to Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi one time as a collaborator with the organization and an unofficial member. 14) This other colonel Mazen Nahir is regarded by Hajji Baker as a trustworthy agent who [can be used] to inflitrate the regime; [therefore] he doesn’t like to appear in the organization’s leadership or its councils. 15) After the assassination of the leaders, colonel Hajji Bakr told people close to him and from the leadership that he gave *bayaa* to a new emir to lead the Islamic state of Iraq and that being Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 16) The news was a surprise to everyone! In another meeting soon we’ll talk about the Islamic state of Iraq under the leadership of the new emir Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his constant companion Colonel Hajji. It’s the Saddam Regime, running Al-Qaeda in Iraq, in cahoots with Al-Qaeda, like they’ve always been. But the established propaganda is that there was no Al-Qaeda in Iraq, sitting there in that no-fly zone, it’s all our fault, we created them by picking on poor kindly Saddam Hussein, who didn’t consort with Al-Qaeda, despite even the 9/11 Commission saying they had regular meetings, and those meetings being set up with Zawahiri, who had long relationships with Saddam from the Egyptian Islamic Jihad days, despite the fact that he created Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Abu Nidal, despite his $50,000 public reward for blowing up Israeli children. That there was no Al-Qaeda in Iraq, it was “Al-Qaeda in Iraq” not Al-Qaeda. So, admitting that same Al-Qaeda in Iraq is back, with even Al-Nusra, it’s sworn Al-Qaeda enemy saying it’s most certainly Al-Qaeda, Zawahiri saying it, and it being run by the Saddam Regime? *Syria's Assad accused of boosting al-Qaeda with secret oil deals* The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has funded and co-operated with al-Qaeda in a complex double game even as the terrorists 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. Rebels and defectors say the regime also deliberately released militant prisoners to strengthen jihadist ranks at the expense of moderate rebel forces. The aim was to persuade the West that the uprising was sponsored by Islamist militants including al-Qaeda as a way of stopping Western support for it…. *http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10585391/Syrias-Assad-accused-of-boosting-al-Qaeda-with-secret-oil-deals.html*<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10585391/Syrias-Assad-accused-of-boosting-al-Qaeda-with-secret-oil-deals.html> Is the Assad Regime in League with al-Qaeda? Opposition groups and their Western backers say that despite claims to be fighting terrorism, Bashar Assad is colluding with extremists Read more: *Syria: Assad Regime Working With Al-Qaeda, Say Western Officials | TIME.com*<http://world.time.com/2014/01/27/syria-assad-geneva-al-qaeda/#ixzz2rcinrX00> *http://world.time.com/2014/01/27/syria-assad-geneva-al-qaeda/#ixzz2rcinrX00*<http://world.time.com/2014/01/27/syria-assad-geneva-al-qaeda/#ixzz2rcinrX00> I wonder how long it’s gonna’ take for them to catch on that the Saddam Regime has seized control of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, just like old times. Admitting the messiah hasn’t totally destroyed Al-Qaeda is on the table. Who knows what they’ll admit next. Granted the Saddam Regime running Al-Qaeda in Iraq will be like swallowing a fork sideways. Well, Al-Qaeda, (with the Saddam Regime pulling the strings, and colluding with the Assad), has had their own rather large country with rather large cities for a couple months now, longer really. And no one is moving against them, (other than the Syrian Al-Qaeda they created), if they are, it’s had no impact whatsoever, they are sitting pretty. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
