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The Obama administration is declaring a Syrian rebel group with alleged ties to al-Qaida as a terrorist organization. It’s an effort to blunt the influence of extremists as the U.S. steps up cooperation with the Syrian opposition.
The State Department’s action blocks Jabhat al-Nusra’s assets in the U.S. and bars Americans from doing business with the group.
The move hasn’t been announced officially but was included in the Federal Register on Monday. The department said the group was part of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Jabhat al-Nusra has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings on Syrian government targets, raising fears of growing Islamic extremism among the opposition.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is traveling to North Africa this week to try to bolster moderates hoping to end Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
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Iraq, Déjà vu
It is abundantly clear that the US is playing the same game in Syria that it played in Iraq. The desired goal is the destruction and the fragmentation of the country, not the fall of the regime per se.
First it (the US) attracts the Jihadi groups, as you attract flies with a pot of honey, just before swatting them. Now the stage is being set for swatting them.
Are we going to see "Sahwa" forces formed in Syria to fight WITH US troops against the Jihadis? Stay tuned.
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