The CIA backed and armed Syrian rebel group, Hazm brigade disbanded and its
members have defected
to Al Qaeda linked Jabhat Al Nusra (JAN) and ISIS. Hazm brigade also left behind
a warehouse of US provided weapons, including anti-tank TOW missiles, which JAN
has seized. With no one left to arm against the Syrian state but JAN, the US
State Department has attempted to rebrand JAN as a non-Al Qaeda moderate force.
The next step of the plan is to allow US proxy Qatar to openly arm JAN. However,
the audacious campaign has so far been an abysmal failure.
Hazm Brigade Provided Plausible Deniability
The latest
defection and disbanding was not the first time that the US backed Hazm brigade
had handed over US provided weapons to Al Qaeda, the last incident occurring in
December
of 2014. It was previously asserted
that the US administration advertised the ‘moderate’ Hazm brigade in order to
maintain plausible deniability whilst knowing the heavy weapons they provide,
such as anti-tank missiles, would eventually end up in the hands of Al
Qaeda.
Indeed, former-US ambassador Robert Ford recently admitted
through his twitter account to Syrian journalist Edward Dark, that the US knew
the Syrian rebels they were backing were allied to Al Qaeda. With the
announcement that Hazm brigade had disbanded, the State Department has lost
their cover to aid al Qaeda whilst maintaining plausible
deniability.
Rebranding Al Qaeda
NATO media has acknowledged that JAN is the most powerful
group fighting the Syrian state besides ISIS. JAN also have widespread
support amongst all other insurgents groups in Syria. Given the level at which
the US has committed itself to an anti-ISIS narrative, they have little left to
paint as a moderate force but JAN. Though, the US has launched strikes against
JAN in one instance, earning the ire of all Syrian insurgent groups who protested
“We are all JAN”. Suggestions
to train a new insurgent group from scratch have been called unrealistic. Hence
NATO media has been running a PR campaign for JAN’s new found moderation.
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