Jihadisterna i Syrien vänder Al Qaeda ryggen ?

Islamic Awakening är ett viktigt jihadistiskt

forum på nätet. Just nu är det självklart den

islamistiska kampen i Syrien som är huvud-

temat.

Intressant nog betonar alltfler debattörer

vikten av att skapa informella och internationella

jihadistiska nätverk utanför Al Qaedas kontroll.

"My point is: an active, informal, transnational
network of mujahideen, with a lot of inter-
dependence, have formed after the Revolutions,
which is definitely outside AQ’s direct influence.
The heaviest nodes of this cluster are in Libya,
North Lebanon(Tripoli,Akkar, etc) and Syria."

Hatet mot Iran och den övriga shia-världen

är stort, men nästan lika stort är hatet mot

de etablerade wahhabisterna i

Saudiarabien och Emiraten.

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Man ger också en ögonblicksbild från Syrien,

som bekräftar Daily Telegraphs uppgifter att

den s k oppositionen sprängts i inbördes

stridande fraktioner. Antalet självständiga

väpnade grupper, styrda av egna emirer,

tycks hela tiden öka:

"Is a transnational rival network of Al

Qaaidah emerging?
Liwa al Ummah, the Syrian battalion commanded

by Libyan Mehdi al Harati (ex-commander of

Tripoli Brigade,which liberated Tripoli last year),

is a possible proof of that suggestion of mine.

Here is a Libyan-organized brigade,with newly

formed networks that emerged after the Arab

Spring,and which is working probably as a rival

of AQ.

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Disunited muhajireen could be a serious problem,

and the leadership needs to look into this.

This is probably why Jabhat is seeking more and

more local allies,specially with Kataaib Ahrar

al Sham,with whom even a merger is possible.

Five major salafi jihadi groups inside Syria are

relevant now.

There are many more, but most don't have the

wide reach that these five have:

1. Kataaib Ahrar al Sham(strongest in Idlib,

Aleppo,Hama,Latakia provinces north

central al-Ghab Plain etc)
2. Jabhat an Nusrah(strongest in Deir az
 Zour,Idlib,Aleppo,Damascus,Hama,Homs

provinces etc)
3. Liwa al Islam(strongest in Damascus

and its countryside)
4. Sham Falcons(nominally FSA,strongest

 in Idlib and the north)
5. Katibat al Ansar(Homs)
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Most significant FSA battalion now is Liwa al

Tawheed, formed with the unification of most

FSA brigades and battalions of Aleppo.

Their unification video has been posted more

than once on this thread; that video where

the fighters say Muhammad(sallallahu alayhi

wa sallam) is our leader .
Liwa al Tawheed has co-operated with Jabhat

Nusrah,ther'sa video on Youtube of that.
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Then comes the much celebrated Al Farouq

Battalions of FSA,led by the charismatic Abdur

Razzaq Tlass,nephew of Manaf Tlass,a scion

of the powerful Tlass family.

Strong in Homs,Rastan,Qusayr etc and now

Idlib province too. Early in the armed uprising,

they had spewed some venom against AQ,but

later on all that vanished,as many Fallujah

veterans joined the Battalion,and it became

prominently jihadi. But i have suspicions of

their links with Gulf intelligence agencies.
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