"Fighting For The Right Side"
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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2012 · People & Blogs
It had taken six months of hard labour, and even the night before we still hadn't a clue about whether we'd finally cracked it or not. Channel4's Alex Thomson reports. Would you like to know more? The Syrian Diary - A Must Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib4v7AY7ksE (Rather some truth with some Russian and Syrian "official propaganda") Syrian rebels name batallion after former Turkish PM Erbakan (hurriyetdailynews, Dec 27, 2012) http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-opposition-group-draws-on-erbakan-in-calling-for-jihad.aspx?pageID=238&nID=37863&NewsCatID=352 "A group of Syrian dissidents have declared themselves as students of Turkey's first Islamist prime minister, the late Necmettin Erbakan, while publishing a video online calling for jihad, daily Hürriyet has reported. The dissidents read passages of the Quran and called on other Syrians to join the holy fight..." Poisonous gas sprayed in Homs leaves seven people dead and scores affected, activists say http://blogs.aljazeera.com/topic/syria/poisonous-gas-sprayed-homs-leaves-seven-people-dead-and-scores-affected-activists-say "Poisonous gas sprayed in Homs leaves seven people dead and scores affected, activists say. Seven people have died in Homs after they inhaled a poisonous gas sprayed by government forces in a rebel-held neighbourhood, activists said. Activists also told Al Jazeera that scores of others were affected in al-Bayyada neighbourhood. Side effects reported include nausea, relaxed muscles, blurred vision, and breathing difficulties.Residents said they did not know the nature of the gas sprayed..." An insight into Syria's frontline http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/insight-syrias-frontline/3572 NATO: Syrian forces firing more Scud missiles http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/21/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 " In an escalation of its civil war, Syria is firing more Scud missiles in a desperate attempt to quash rebel gains, the NATO chief said Friday. The government has launched more missiles in recent days, according to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary-general of the alliance." Syrian fight now 'overtly sectarian,' U.N. says http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/20/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html "The civil war in Syria is morphing into a fight between ethnic and religious factions, the United Nations said Thursday. "As battles between government forces and anti-government armed groups approach the end of their second year, the conflict has been overtly sectarian," the U.N. Commission of Inquiry reported." Jabhat Al Nusra's new Syria http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/jabhat-al-nusras-new-syria#full "Dressed in plain clothes, Abu Ahmed outlined his group's vision for a new Syria. "Our first goal is to get rid of Assad. Then we want a state where the Quran is the only source of law," he said. "Sharia is the right path for all humanity - all other laws make people unhappy." Jabhat Al Nusra has emerged this year as the most powerful and high-profile Salafist group in the Syrian conflict, openly embracing suicide bombing as an important weapon against a technologically superior enemy. It has claimed several successful attacks, many of which have killed civilians, on major government targets such as the Damascus headquarters of the elite air force intelligence service." Syria's Muslim Brotherhood looking to return from exile http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/syrias-muslim-brotherhood-looking-to-return-from-exile/ ""They are preparing for a post-Assad Syria," says Lefevre. "They are rich and well organised and could be a major player in the Syrian conflict in part because the secular opposition is so divided. Islamists in Syria are highly organised because for a long time the mosques have been the only place where public gatherings have been allowed. Friday prayers have been an important focal point." The history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria is not well known. Crucial is the 1982 Hama massacre, which Lefevre has written about previously in State and Islam in Ba'athist Syria [http://amzn.to/SZyFbl]. Some 25,000-40,000 people are thought to have died in the massacre when the regime retaliated against a Muslim Brotherhood-led uprising. The Brotherhood's leadership has been in exile ever since and a law was passed making membership of the organisation punishable by death."
