Hamas Now Training Free Syrian Army in Damascus – Who Are the Good Guys?
The
following report, published earlier this week by the
GlobalMBReport.org, further underscores what we have been telling our
readers for a long time: that what is happening in Syria is not a clear
cut case of the good guys against bad guys, that not all the atrocities
of this nasty war have been perpetrated by the Assad government, that
the opposition is made up of a stew of terrorist groups and foreign
jihadi fighters who have infiltrated and pre-empted much of the true
Syrian opposition, and that whatever the outcome, it is not likely to be
good. Until now, some of our sources have told us that the Free Syrian
Army is still a true Syrian opposition, but if they are being trained by
Hamas, they have been severely compromised.
There is little doubt that this is a nasty
war. The demands that the US get involved are difficult to counter, as
the death toll continues to approach 100,000. But the serious question
to be asked is “whose side are we on, and how can we tell the good guys
from the bad guys.” The sad answer is that we probably can’t. The bad
guys blend in with the good guys, they infiltrate their ranks with ease,
and they use the weapons they acquire indiscriminately against the
innocent and the guilty alike. They are brutal and they will ultimately
bring destruction on the entire country. As much as we want to save the
innocent Syrian victims, caught in the middle, this is a fight we should
not get into. The sad truth, however, is that we have been in it for
quite a while, and have taken up the cause of terrorists as well as
Syrian freedom fighters because we cannot tell the difference.
—————Ilana Freedman, Editor
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Hamas Training Syrian Rebels In Damascus
Posted By GlobalMB On April 9, 2013
U.K. media is repairing that the military wing of Hamas is training
the rebel Free Syrian Army in eastern Damascus. According to a report [1] in The Times:
The Hamas charter [3] states that it is ” is one of the wings of the Muslim Brothers in Palestine” and an early media report indicated that shortly after Hamas took over the Gaza strip, Muslim Brotherhood representatives were present to review Hamas military formations . In 2007, a Hamas journalist acknowledged [4] the role that the “international Muslim Brotherhood” has played in providing funds for the purchase of weapons and in 2008, an Israeli TV station reported [5] that Muslim Brotherhood “representatives” had traveled to Gaza from Egypt through the open border to meet with Hamas. Hamas is supported financially and politically by the global Muslim Brotherhood and a NEFA Foundation report [6] has documented the Hamas fund-raising activities of the Union of Good, a coalition of Islamic charities linked to the Brotherhood that provides financial support to both the Hamas “social” infrastructure, as well as its terrorist activities. Previous posts [7] have also discussed the worldwide campaign orchestrated by the global Brotherhood against Israeli actions in Gaza during the 2008-2009 conflict with Israel.
The military wing of Hamas, a former ally of President Assad, is training the rebel Free Syrian Army in eastern Damascus. Diplomatic sources said that members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades were training FSA units in the rebel-held neighbourhoods of Yalda, Jaramana and Babbila. The development appears to confirm that Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that runs the Gaza Strip, has made a final break with its former Syrian host and fully embraced the patronage of Qatar, the small but influential Gulf state that is a major financial and logistical backer of some rebel factions. “The Qassam Brigades have been training units very close to Damascus. These are specialists. They are really good,” said a Western diplomat with high-level contacts in the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition who visits Damascus regularly. Other sources suggested that Hamas trainers were helping the FSA to dig tunnels beneath at least one contested area of Damascus in preparation for a widely expected assault on the city centre. Hamas has extensive experience in tunnel-building in Gaza, to smuggle goods in from Egypt and to infiltrate Israel or launch attacks against Israeli targets. A Palestinian source from Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp said that it was common knowledge that a few hundred Hamas militants were fighting alongside the FSA in the Yarmouk and Neirab Palestinian camps in Damascus and Aleppo, Syria’s commercial capital.A post [2] from November 2012 reported on the closing of the Damascus office of the Hamas political leadership.
The Hamas charter [3] states that it is ” is one of the wings of the Muslim Brothers in Palestine” and an early media report indicated that shortly after Hamas took over the Gaza strip, Muslim Brotherhood representatives were present to review Hamas military formations . In 2007, a Hamas journalist acknowledged [4] the role that the “international Muslim Brotherhood” has played in providing funds for the purchase of weapons and in 2008, an Israeli TV station reported [5] that Muslim Brotherhood “representatives” had traveled to Gaza from Egypt through the open border to meet with Hamas. Hamas is supported financially and politically by the global Muslim Brotherhood and a NEFA Foundation report [6] has documented the Hamas fund-raising activities of the Union of Good, a coalition of Islamic charities linked to the Brotherhood that provides financial support to both the Hamas “social” infrastructure, as well as its terrorist activities. Previous posts [7] have also discussed the worldwide campaign orchestrated by the global Brotherhood against Israeli actions in Gaza during the 2008-2009 conflict with Israel.
Related posts:
Article printed from The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report: http://globalmbreport.org
URL to article: http://globalmbreport.org/?p=8104
URLs in this post:
[1] report: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3731407.ece
[2] post: http://globalmbreport.com/?p=7361
[3] charter: http://www.acpr.org.il/resources/hamascharter.html
[4] acknowledged: http://globalmbreport.com/?p=27
[5] reported: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/948265.html
[6] report: http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefaunionofgood0109.pdf
[7] posts: http://globalmbreport.com/?p=1094
[8] Secretary Of State Suggests U.S. Training Syrian Rebels: http://globalmbreport.org/?p=8015
[9] Syrian Rebels Elect “Unified Command”; Group Dominated By Islamists: http://globalmbreport.org/?p=7681
[10] Syrian Official Says Hamas Funding Anti-Assad Groups In Europe: http://globalmbreport.org/?p=5170
[11] Hamas Leader Expresses Support For Syrian President: http://globalmbreport.org/?p=5552
[12] Hamas Training Own Diplomats: http://globalmbreport.org/?p=6849
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