Tuesday, November 20, 2012

While we're busy watching Gaza, al Qaeda declares Islamic Republic in Syria

It's been a busy week for the "new" USA-approved Syrian National Coalition of Opposition. While Gaza has taken over the news headlines, al Qaeda has taken over the Syrian revolution.

Yesterday the Jabhat al Nusra announced that they reject the "new" umbrella group, and then went on to announce that henceforth the city of Aleppo was to be considered an independent Islamic Republic.

This formalized the rift between two broad opposition currents, the secularists on the one hand and the radicals on the other. The secularists would be the ones touring the capitals of Europe collecting official recognition from the Nations of Virtue.

The radicals are the ones in Syria fighting Assad.

How this will pan out in the weeks to come remains to be seen. Britain and the EU have now joined the Arab League and the GCC in recognizing the Hillary-approved SNC (not to be confused with the old SNC) as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian People. This "new" group has announced that they intend to make their temporary base in Cairo.

That too is curious. A number of other options might have been more suitiable for a "secularist" group, especially options closer to the people of whom they are the alleged "only legitimate representatives."

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