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NATO headquarters in Brussels and the Turkish high command are meanwhile drawing up plans for their first military step in Syria, which is to arm the rebels with weapons for combating the tanks and helicopters spearheading the Assad regime's crackdown on dissent. ... NATO strategists are thinking more in terms of pouring large quantities of anti-tank and anti-air rockets, mortars and heavy machine guns into the protest centers for beating back the government armored forces. (DEBKAfile, NATO to give rebels anti-tank weapons, August 14, 2011)This initiative, which was also supported by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, involved a process of organized recruitment of thousands of jihadist "freedom fighters", reminiscent of the enlistment of Mujahideen to wage the CIA's jihad (holy war) in the heyday of the Soviet-Afghan war:
Also discussed in Brussels and Ankara, our sources report, is a campaign to enlist thousands of Muslim volunteers in Middle East countries and the Muslim world to fight alongside the Syrian rebels. The Turkish army would house these volunteers, train them and secure their passage into Syria. (Ibid, emphasis added)These mercenaries were subsequently integrated into US and allied sponsored terrorist organizations including Al Nusrah and ISIS.
"In addition to forbidding volunteers from disparaging Trump, the contract also includes a sentence that demands volunteers prevent their employees from criticizing Trump, thus making volunteers responsible for the free speech of others for an indeterminate amount of time."Again. Yes, seriously. These far-beyond-Orwellian strictures found their way into contracts for unpaid volunteers. Now, imagine what fun a Trump presidency might entail.
Comment: The covert war of terror waged by the United States et. al in Syria was being exposed right from the start five years ago. It had all the signs and footprints of being setup to become a collapsed state shattered through the Western use of terrorist mercenaries. The same tactics were being used during the same time in Libya, and we can see the deplorable outcome.
Enchanted by their propagandist media outlets, the American public didn't take notice of what was really happening in Syria. Russia stepped in to intervene and the so called press barely covered the incredible feats being accomplished. Russia made significant in-roads in destroying terror cells and infrastructure, and now it is ready to pull out the majority of their forces. And while this is still hardly a blip on the radar for the American people, Syria now has a chance at survival.