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A New York Times report has claimed that Al Qaeda militants and planners traveled from Pakistan to Syria where they are seeking to establish a base in order to carry out strikes against the United States and Europe in the future.
Director of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Brennan, recently expressed apprehensions over the issue before a House panel saying “we are concerned about the use of Syrian territory by the Al Qaeda organisation to recruit individuals and develop the capability to be able not just to carry out attacks inside of Syria, but also to use Syria as a launching pad”.
The militants in question are part of an Al Qaeda group that has been extensively targeted by US drone strikes during the past decade.
Quoting intelligence assessments, the report also claimed that the senior Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan, including chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, was developing a much more organised , long-term plan as opposed to creating specific cells in Syria to identify, recruit and train these Westerners.
The report said that the development raises the possibility that Syria could become the next Afghanistan and despite the new assessment, American policy toward Syria is not likely to change any time soon, but it does put pressure on the Obama administration and its allies.
Talking about the number of militants, two top counter-terrorism officials said, there were perhaps “a few dozen” Qaeda veterans in Syria who had fought in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“What we’ve seen is a coalescence in Syria of Al Qaeda veterans from Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as extremists from other hot spots such as Libya and Iraq.”
Al Qaeda militants moving from Pakistan to set up in Syria: NYT - DAWN.COM
So the new battleground for terrorists is going to be Syria, after Afghanistan? All thanks to the US of A which is screwing up the world for the interests of its powerful military industrial complex, and the American oil cartels.
From Korea to Vietnam, to West Asia/Middle East, from Afghanistan to the 'color revolutions' in the Central Asian Republics, the Americans have made a mess of our civilization.
Also read:
First batch of fighters reaches Syria, confirms Pakistani Taliban
PESHAWAR: The first of batch of Pakistani Taliban fighters has reached Syria and has established a command and control center to launch operational activities alongside Syrian rebels against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
So it seems some of the TTP are re-locating to Syria. That should probably give a breather to the Pakistani security forces.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1029260/first-batch-of-fighters-reaches-syria-confirms-pakistani-taliban
Director of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Brennan, recently expressed apprehensions over the issue before a House panel saying “we are concerned about the use of Syrian territory by the Al Qaeda organisation to recruit individuals and develop the capability to be able not just to carry out attacks inside of Syria, but also to use Syria as a launching pad”.
The militants in question are part of an Al Qaeda group that has been extensively targeted by US drone strikes during the past decade.
Quoting intelligence assessments, the report also claimed that the senior Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan, including chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, was developing a much more organised , long-term plan as opposed to creating specific cells in Syria to identify, recruit and train these Westerners.
The report said that the development raises the possibility that Syria could become the next Afghanistan and despite the new assessment, American policy toward Syria is not likely to change any time soon, but it does put pressure on the Obama administration and its allies.
Talking about the number of militants, two top counter-terrorism officials said, there were perhaps “a few dozen” Qaeda veterans in Syria who had fought in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“What we’ve seen is a coalescence in Syria of Al Qaeda veterans from Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as extremists from other hot spots such as Libya and Iraq.”
Al Qaeda militants moving from Pakistan to set up in Syria: NYT - DAWN.COM
So the new battleground for terrorists is going to be Syria, after Afghanistan? All thanks to the US of A which is screwing up the world for the interests of its powerful military industrial complex, and the American oil cartels.
From Korea to Vietnam, to West Asia/Middle East, from Afghanistan to the 'color revolutions' in the Central Asian Republics, the Americans have made a mess of our civilization.
Also read:
First batch of fighters reaches Syria, confirms Pakistani Taliban
PESHAWAR: The first of batch of Pakistani Taliban fighters has reached Syria and has established a command and control center to launch operational activities alongside Syrian rebels against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
So it seems some of the TTP are re-locating to Syria. That should probably give a breather to the Pakistani security forces.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1029260/first-batch-of-fighters-reaches-syria-confirms-pakistani-taliban
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