by
Stephen Lendman
August
05, 2015 "Information Clearing House"
On August 2,
Britain’s Sunday Express newspaper headlined “SAS dress as ISIS
fighters in undercover war on jihadis,” saying: “More than 120
members belonging to the elite regiment are currently in the war-torn
country” covertly “dressed in black and flying ISIS flags,”
engaged in what’s called Operation Shader – attacking Syrian
targets on the pretext of combatting ISIS.
Maybe covert
US special forces and CIA elements are involved the same way. During
Obama’s war on Libya, Britain deployed hundreds of Special Forces
Support Group (SFSG) paratroopers – drawn from SAS (Special Air
Service) and SBS (Special Boat Service) personnel. Around 800 Royal
Marines and 4,000 US counterparts were on standby to intervene on
short notice if ordered.
The latest
revelation comes two weeks after learning Prime Minister David
Cameron last year approved British warplanes joining US ones in
bombing Syria despite parliamentary rejection in August 2013.
At least
part of its current covert ground operation is under US command –
so-called “smash” units traveling in pickup trucks able to launch
mini-UAVs to scan terrain for targets to attack. Over 250 UK (and
perhaps US) specialists are involved to provide communications
support, the Sunday Express explained. British Defense Secretary
Michael Fallon said “(o)ur actions and surveillance capabilities
are freeing up other countries to strike in Syria.”
UK SAS
forces are in Saudi Arabia training anti-Assad terrorists along with
US operatives doing the same thing – including in Turkey, Jordan,
Qatar and perhaps Israel. US and UK claims about training so-called
“moderate” rebels reflect smoke-screen cover for working directly
with ISIS terrorists – trained, armed and funded abroad, funneled
cross-border into Syria to fight Assad, now with US/UK and Canadian
air support along with covert commandos on the ground. The Express
cited former British Army General David Richards saying “tanks will
roll” as part of UK operations in Syria.
A separate
article discussed US airstrikes defending ISIS terrorists serving as
US foot soldiers against Assad.
The Wall
Street Journal reported what appears ominously like prelude to Libya
2.0 – falsely claiming Obama authorized airstrikes against Syrian
forces if they attack (nonexistent) US-supported “moderate”
rebels.
Separately,
Turkish media reported President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying Putin
may have softened on Assad. (H)e may give up on” him. Obama said he
was “encouraged by the fact that Mr. Putin called him (in late
June) and initiated the call to talk about Syria.”
I think
they get a sense that the Assad regime is losing a grip over greater
and greater swaths of territory inside of Syria and that the
prospects for a (jihadist) takeover or rout of the Syrian regime is
not imminent but becomes a greater and greater threat by the day.
That offers us an opportunity to have a serious conversation with
them.
Putin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov said both leaders discussed combatting
terrorism – especially the Islamic State. “The Russian view is
well-known,” he explained. “(I)t was reiterated by (Putin) during
(his) conversation” with Obama. It hasn’t changed. Putin opposes
outside interference by any nations in the internal affairs of
others. He supports the sovereign right of Syrians and other people
to choose their own leaders and legislators. Putin aide Yury Ushakov
said “the current leadership of Syria is one of the real and
effective forces confronting the Islamic State.” Nothing indicates
less Russian support for Assad.
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