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"Defect... Or We Will Track You Down"

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Syrian rebel general calls on Assad's soldiers to defect... 'or we will track you down.' CNN's Hala Gorani reports.

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Syrian Rebels Pick U.S. Citizen to Lead Interim Government (NYT, March 18, 2013)
http://nyti.ms/ZPblQl
"By choosing Ghassan Hitto, 50, an information technology executive who lived in Texas until recently, the Syrian opposition coalition concluded months of contentious efforts to unite behind a leader, under pressure from the United States and its allies, which demanded that the opposition set up clear chains of command as a condition of increasing aid to the rebels ...  Mr. Hitto and his wife, Suzanne, an American schoolteacher, have four children, all born in the United States, where Mr. Hitto advocated for Muslim Americans after 9/11 as a representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He traveled to the Middle East last fall to learn more and never went back. "I have a career back home that I'm in the process of destroying," he said jovially over lunch recently in Istanbul ... He described himself as a zealous but diplomatic advocate trying to push international donors to give the coalition a bigger role in the delivery of aid. "As an American," he said, he wanted the United States to do more to support the rebels ... Some council members said Mr. Hitto was the choice of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood, a group that has long been banned and persecuted under the Assad family's government and that plays a powerful role in the coalition. That could give him credibility among some in the Sunni Muslim-dominated uprising, but it also concerns some opposition members who feel the Brotherhood already wields disproportionate sway. Brotherhood leaders say they seek a civil, not an Islamic, state, but some in the opposition worry that it will impose a religious agenda..."

Opposition source: Syrian rebels get U.S.-organized training in Jordan (CNN, March 15, 2013)
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/15/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html
"Syrian rebels claim that hundreds of their fighters are being given sophisticated-weapons training organized and authorized by the United States at a camp in Jordan. A senior rebel spokesman, who did not want to be named discussing a sensitive matter, would not comment on the nature of the personnel conducting the training, such as whether the personnel were military troops or contractors. But he said that 300 fighters had already completed the course and crossed the border into Syria on Thursday..."

France and UK ready to arm Syrian rebels (france24, March 14, 2013)
http://www.france24.com/en/20130314-syria-france-uk-ready-arm-syrian-rebels-eu-embargo-fabius-cameron-assad
"Amid disagreements between EU governments over a Syrian arms embargo, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (photo) said France and Britain were ready to lift the embargo without unanimous EU support..."

U.N.: Both Syrian rebels and government forces guilty (CNN, March 12, 2013)
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/12/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html
"The Syrian war has never been a simple fight between good rebels and evil government forces, and the United Nations has said so several times in the past ... this week, UN investigators released a particularly detailed and horrific report that slams both sides, accusing rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad of murder, rape, torture and forced disappearances..."

Professor heads up Syrian opposition's US offices (bigstory, March 5, 2013)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/professor-heads-syrian-oppositions-us-offices
"As a professor at the University of Arkansas, Syrian-born Najib Ghadbian is no stranger to educating Americans about the Middle East. Now, he's taking his knowledge beyond the classroom, stepping into a new role as the Syrian opposition coalition's representative in the United States ... Colleagues say Ghadbian's time in Arkansas — where he is currently on leave from the university — prepared him for his role with the Syrian opposition coalition..."

Salafists Vow to Fight Until There Is 'Islamic State in Syria' (Al-Monitor, Jan 22, 2013)
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/01/fighter-syria-aleppo-turkey.html
""Most of the fighters just fight because Assad is evil, but they don't know anything about this guy or the opposition outside. They just believe Assad needs to go." He then stressed, "We will fight until we establish an Islamic state in Syria. Even the 75% of the Free Syrian Army is fighting with this in mind. We don't want it as strict as Saudi Arabia, but we will not let go until we achieve our goal."

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