Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Israeli-Saudi lobby: 'it's all America's fault'

WSJ of course.
"... "Salim Idris, the top Syrian rebel commander supported by the West, was run out of his headquarters in northern Syria over the weekend and fled to Turkey and then Doha after Islamist fighters took over facilities run by Western-backed opposition, U.S. officials said Wednesday.The Obama administration is still trying to determine the circumstances under which Islamist fighters in a group (supported by Saudia) called the Islamic Front took over warehouses and offices belonged to the Supreme Military Council, or SMC, the moderate rebel umbrella group that coordinates U.S. aid distribution, officials said.
"He fled as a result of the Islamic Front taking over his headquarters," a senior U.S. official said.
The U.S. is urging Gen. Idris, who left Syria for Turkey then Doha over the weekend, to return to Syria, the officials said.
Two senior officials said the warehouses that were taken over by the Islamic Front appeared to contain a range of lethal and non-lethal equipment....
The warehouses also housed American-supplied trucks and communications gear.
Officials said the takeover of the facilities by the Islamic Front was the latest sign that the Western-backed opposition was weakening while religious opponents of the regime gain strength."
"He fled as a result of the Islamic Front taking over his headquarters," a senior U.S. official said.The U.S. is urging Gen. Idris, who left Syria for Turkey then Doha over the weekend, to return to Syria, the officials said.Two senior officials said the warehouses that were taken over by the Islamic Front appeared to contain a range of lethal and non-lethal equipment.... The warehouses also housed American-supplied trucks and communications gear.Officials said the takeover of the facilities by the Islamic Front was the latest sign that the Western-backed opposition was weakening while religious opponents of the regime gain strength."

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