Thursday, January 2, 2014

Foriegn Fighters Pour Into Syria

Many foreign fighters in Syria have formed their own brigades. Reuters

Foreign Fighters Answer Calls To Join Syrian Conflict -- L.A. Times

Well-coordinated recruitment efforts, aided by social media, are drawing a stream of Islamic militants to Syria.

It was the summer of 2012 and the young Jordanian was working long hours as a teacher at a vocational high school. He had just bought an apartment and a car. He was interested in getting married.

But just a few months later, he was making a long and dangerous five-day trek with other foreign fighters through the mountains that separate Lebanon from Syria. Angered by the plight of refugees and attacks on fellow Sunni Muslims by Syria's mainly Shiite and Alawite Muslim forces, the 28-year-old, who identified himself only as Abu Amr, had joined the rebel forces.

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My Comment: This is happening during winter time .... when transportation is difficult at the best of times. I suspect that by springtime .... if the Syrian civil war is continuing with the intensity that it is today .... this stream of Islamic militants to Syria will escalate exponentially.

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