The NSA issued three single source reports on March 14-18, 2013 based on PRISM Skype collection which detailed directions from the Saudis to the Syrian opposition to “light up Damascus” in attacks on the airport and other locations. Graphic: NSA
The Intercept: NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack By Syrian Rebels On Damascus
A loosely knit collection of Syrian rebel fighters set up positions on March 18, 2013, and fired several barrages of rockets at targets in the heart of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad’s capital. The attack was a brazen show of force by rebels under the banner of the Free Syrian Army, targeting the presidential palace, Damascus International Airport, and a government security compound. It sent a chilling message to the regime about its increasingly shaky hold on the country, two years after an uprising against its rule began.
Behind the attacks, the influence of a foreign power loomed. According to a top-secret National Security Agency document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the March 2013 rocket attacks were directly ordered by a member of the Saudi royal family, Prince Salman bin Sultan, to help mark the second anniversary of the Syrian revolution. Salman had provided 120 tons of explosives and other weaponry to opposition forces, giving them instructions to “light up Damascus” and “flatten” the airport, the document, produced by U.S. government surveillance on Syrian opposition factions, shows.
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WNU Editor: The story on how Saudi Arabia fermented the Syrian civil war is not new. So why has the The Intercept decided to post this document now? Your guess is as good as mine.
1 comment:
The Sunni actors in the civil war are The Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, & others.
The others are supposed to be good according to John McCain.
The Muslims Brotherhood is good according to Obama. Obama just loved the Muslim Brotherhood government of Egypt.
So the problem is?
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