Western
weapons and equipment flow freely between the so-called “moderate”
rebels in Syria and their close allies from extremist groups like
al-Qaida, according to an investigation from a BBC reporter.
In a Dec. 17
episode of the BBC Radio series “The Report,” investigative
journalist Peter Oborne documented disturbing evidence that the
United Kingdom and United States continue to support the Syrian
opposition, particularly the Free Syrian Army, despite ample evidence
that they work closely with extremist groups NATO has traditionally
thought of as enemies.
Oborne
reported that at least two Westerners who were accused of aiding
extremist groups in the region, found their charges rapidly dropped
when they argued that by seeking to destabilize Syria and depose its
president, Bashar Assad, they’d fought on the same side as the U.K.
He also
explained how the U.S. has aided al-Qaida’s efforts to “rebrand”
its Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, as a moderate group able to be
safely financed and “managed” by the U.S.
As Oborne
noted, government officials as high-ranking as the vice president
have admitted that “the United States and al-Qaida are on the
same side, at least when it comes to fighting Assad.”
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