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I was tempted to just go with "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" because all the minutia is so tedious, but I hadn't really seen the details on Baghdadi, ISI, AQI, ISIS and JAN teased out it a way that is easy to digest so I included that an it took awhile. Did you see the piece in NRB today? Completely glossed over last 8 years of ISIS and Baghdadi. Got a lot wrong too, I was going to send it to you for critical review first but then I just wanted to get it done. Its no too late, if you anything that could be improved. Clay Claiborne, Director Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com> Linux Beach Productions Venice, CA 90291 (310) 581-1536 Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/> <http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Andrew Pollack <acpolla...@gmail.com> wrote: > fucking brilliant as always > skimmed it and am now working my way through it more slowly > the punchline: > " The only force that is doing it right, the only force on the ground that > is actually fighting ISIS and winning is the Free Syrian Army and its > allies and the best course of action for those concerned about the rise of > the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham is to see that they get the arms and > supplies they need to defeat both ISIS and the Assad regime and set Syria > on the road to a democratic future." > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Clay Claiborne via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > >> ====================================================================== >> Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >> ====================================================================== >> >> >> >> Major new piece from Linux Beach: >> >> >> Bush, Barack & Bashar BFF to Islamic Extremists in Iraq & Syria >> < >> http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2014/06/bush-barack-bashar-bff-to-islamic.html >> > >> >> >> Exceprts: >> >> > When Obama reneged on his pledge to respond to Assad's growing and >> > continued use of chemical weapons, he showed again that Western >> > promises were worth nothing and Western regard for Arab lives was >> > worth even less. This failure to act on long promoted "humanitarian" >> > concerns greatly demoralized the democratic forces and represented a >> > propaganda coup for those that said only fools would look to the West >> > to find a vision of Syrian or Iraqi future. After 21 August 2013, many >> > more fighters cast their lot with the jihadists. The fall of Mosul and >> > Tikrit in Iraq to forces under the leadership of ISIS is blow back >> > from Obama's failure to take action after Assad's chemical attacks. >> > >> > Odd as it may sound, the leadership of ISI may have seen its initial >> > expansion into Syria as a defensive move! After the Syrian Revolution >> > began, the eyes of young Arabs turned to the struggle going on in >> > Syria against the Assad regime. Colonel Hajji Bakr feared that >> > everyone would start going to Syria to fight, leading to a collapse of >> > their group. Initially Baghdadi forbade anyone going to Syria and >> > considered all who disobeyed his order to be defectors. This >> > non-interventionist policy wasn't holding so Bakr proposed the forming >> > of a non-Iraqi battalion to be sent to Syria. This new command would >> > be under Syrian leadership and was to attract non-Iraqi fighters from >> > abroad. No Iraqi officers could join. This was the beginning of Jabhat >> > al Nusra [JAN], also know as al Nusra Front. Baghdadi sent Abu >> > Mohammed al-Golani to Syria to run it. >> > >> > The "Front", as it became known, came to Syria with fresh but seasoned >> > fighters and better arms than the Free Syrian Army. They enjoyed some >> > notable battlefield successes and soon became famous worldwide, >> > attracting jihadists from the Gulf, North Africa, Yemen, even Europe >> > and the US. Meanwhile, back in Iraq, Baghdadi and Bakr were beginning >> > to fear they'd created a monster that out shined them. They ordered >> > al-Golani to announce that al Nusra was officially under the "State of >> > Iraq" and Baghdadi. Golani said he'd think about it. Then he sent >> > Baghdadi a letter saying it wouldn't be in the best interest of the >> > revolution, sorry Charlie. >> > >> > Baghdadi and Bakr were furious. Then US President Obama put al Nusra >> > Front on the terrorist list, making Golani the most wanted man in >> > Syria. That was the last straw. They feared al Nusra was getting off >> > the reservation so as a test of loyalty, Baghdadi told Golani at a >> > meeting in Turkey to conduct military operations against the FSA. The >> > Front's Shura council unanimously rejected the orders. In a strongly >> > worded letter Baghdadi responded by telling Golani to obey the orders >> > or disband al-Nusra. After waiting for a reply, which never came, >> > Baghdadi sent an envoy who Golani refused to meet. >> > >> > Baghdadi was now more determined than ever to bring al Nusra Front >> > firmly under his wing and announce the formation of a united Islamic >> > State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIS]. There was a lot of "inside >> > baseball" spy vs. spy stuff that went on. Baghdadi sent Iraqi >> > commanders to meet with and entice Front commanders to join them. Some >> > were caught by the Front and "detained." The Iraqi emir of "the State" >> > traveled to Syria and summoned Golani to a meeting. Golani apologized >> > "for security reasons" but refused to back it up in writing once he >> > was safely away. So Baghdadi decided to unilaterally announce the >> > disbanding of al Nusra Front and the formation of the Islamic State of >> > Iraq and the Levant. Al Nursa didn't disband but it did split with >> > some going to ISIS and others staying with the JAN. A Saudi officer, >> > called Bandar al-Shaalan recruited some of the al Nusra officers for >> > Baghdadi. >> > >> > In what may have been the opening shot of the hot war between the >> > jihadists, Bakr suggested Baghdadi send a security detail to seize >> > JAN's arms depots, eliminate all who resisted, and put bombs under the >> > cars of Golani and his close associates. Sensing trouble, Golani >> > appealed to the head of all al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to settle the >> > dispute between the two al Qaeda franchises. Zawahiri got Yemen and >> > Saudi jihadists involved and came to the decision that the time wasn't >> > right for the merger, al Nusra would stand as the official al Qaeda >> > franchise holder in Syria and ISIS was to disbanded.... >> *More ...* >> < >> http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2014/06/bush-barack-bashar-bff-to-islamic.html >> > >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu >> Set your options at: >> http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com >> > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
