Al-Nusra Front in Levant... Made in KSA

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A specialized report in strategic affairs issued in Paris revealed that the Saudi General Intelligence is the founder and establisher of "al-Nusra Front in Levant" that plots to establish an "Emirate in Syria."

Al-Nusra Front, Saudi-Made with Lebanese AssistanceIn detail, an "Intelligence Online" report, which receives information from foreign intelligence sources, mentioned, "The Saudi General Intelligence, controlled by Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, exploited its broad calls with Takfiri [atoning] movements in Iraq to help establish al-Nusra Front, a low-profile Takfiri movement."

The report added, "Thanks to funding from the General Intelligence Department and support from the Saudi Intelligence in Lebanon, al-Nusra was able to swiftly arm its forces, and make the Syrian regime suffer painful blows through its expertise in Iraqi bombings."

Strikes of this sort included dominating Sheikh Suleiman Base in Aleppo and invading Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp on the 16th of December 2012.

However, many websites had recently published what seemed to be leaked confidential documents issued from the KSA's Interior, which spoke of "a Saudi military official supplying armed groups in Syria with money and weaponry."

Another leaked document mentioned "an amnesty to hundreds of criminals sentenced to death on charges of drug-trafficking, murder, and rape, was issued to send them to fight in Syria among the militias of the [so-called] Free Syrian Army."

Moreover, the US administration had recently listed "al-Nusra Front" as a terrorist organization for being linked to al-Qaeda, after performing hundreds of bombings and attacks in Syria.

Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State

On a parallel note, "al-Nusra Front" had revealed that it seeks to establish a so-called "Islamic" State in Syria, stressed by its chief Abu Mohammad al-Joulani on the Qatari Jazeera Channel, when addressing his followers, "The regime's collapse in Syria will create a vacuum that you are qualified to fill."

He further accentuated that he is heading towards "establishing an Emirate and Shura Council in Syria."

Furthermore, Le Nouvel Observateur French weekly cited an "al-Nusra" spiritual leader Abu Mohammad al-Atawi as saying, "Victory will not cease in Syria," foreseeing that "triumph is months away."

Al-Atawi, who taught for a long time in KSA before returning to Jordan, saw that "The Arab Spring will help Salafists invade the world, starting with Tunisia, then Egypt, Libya, all the way to Syria, and soon in Jordan," revealing that the Front "includes 8,000 men and is increasing."

Al-Nusra Front and Militia Dominance in SyriaIn a similar context, the Salafist Takfiri leader in Jordan Mohammad al-Shalabi, aka "Abu Sayyaf", in an interview with the weekly, emphasized his participation in founding "al-Nusra Front" after leaving jail last year on charges of plotting attacks on Jordanian Army bases there.

He further highlighted that he is currently gathering fighters all over Jordan to send them to Syria.

Abu Sayyaf underscored, "The Front's ideology is the same of that of al-Qaeda," indicating that his organization "that moved its battle from Iraq to Syria is about to dominate other fighting groups."


Source: al-Ahed News, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
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