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Why Is Syria’s Rebel Commander Seeking Western Backing To Create A Military Unit To Take Control Of Oil Fields?


In our aiding of the Syria Rebels uprising, the US doubles its non-lethal aid to Assad Roula Khalaf, Syria’s top rebel commander and is now considering supplying lethal weaponry, as well. Assad Roula Khalaf is seeking western backing to create a military unit to take control of oilfields, as the lucrative natural resources captured from the regime stoke tension between rival factions. It’s a riot that has taken in excess of 70,000 lives, that opposition activists say it started with the theft of a truck carrying diesel.
However, officials acknowledge that this would be much more costly and dangerous than the similar operation in The Libyan Oil And Gas Regime two years ago because of Syria’s more advanced air defenses. . Speaking at a gathering of western and Arab foreign ministers’ in Istanbul, Gen Idriss said he needed $35m-$40m a month to pay $100 monthly salaries to fighters who have signed up to the supreme command – funds that he lacks. “Fighters go to where there is money and weapons and if I had the means … within one or two months everyone would join, ”Though most of the myriad rebel groups operating on the ground are technically affiliated with Gen Idriss, in practice they operate more or less autonomously.
Observers say rent and resources have been a factor in recent clashes behind opposition lines. Both Gen Idriss and a local activist cited such competition as a reason for recent clashes between al-Nasra and the Farouq Brigades, one of the larger rebel groups which controls a strategic area on the border between Raqqa and Turkey. An oilfield under the control of Kurdish militias near Deriq, a town in a mainly Kurdish area of Syria near the border Iraq border was Sanctioned in 2011, in response to the, European Union (EU) . It is important to remember that many Iraqi citizens moved into Syria to get away from the Bush War. EU member states have agreed to ease an oil embargo on Syria to allow opponents of President Bashar al-Assad to sell crude. While the current regime, that of President Bashar Assad, has been forced to import refined fuel supplies.
Rumors about chemical weapons being used are flying. Given our own history with intelligence assessments, including intelligence assessments related to weapons of mass destruction, it’s very important that we are able to establish this with certainty and that we are able to present information that is airtight. Not based on hearsay, that is. The Pentagon has also been making preparations for a force of US and other troops to take control of Syria’s chemical weapons sites in the event that the regime sought to use them or risked losing control of the weapons. Those plans have been given new impetus with the creation in Jordan of a US military headquarters that could plan and conduct operations.
However, given the large number of troops that would likely be needed and the risk that Syrian forces might consider outside intervention as a pretext to launch wide scale chemical weapon attacks, the US may not bite. The US administration said it had “varying degrees of confidence” that the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons on a “small scale” against its people, including sarin gas. “.
Death and Maiming = Time to Go green and end the war on drugs. You See, whether it’s the endless cycle of drugs and death in Afghanistan, from which there is neither an easy end nor an obvious exit, or the war of economics for the Middle Eastern OIL Regime, Death and Maiming = Time to Go green and end the war on drugs.

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