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December 08, 2015

US-backed 'Moderates' Officials - Call for Extermination of Syria Alawites

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SOURCE
http://www.globalresearch.ca/official-of-u-s-backed-syrian-moderates-calls-for-exterminating-alawite/5494217




Official of U.S.-Backed Syrian ‘Moderates’ Calls for ‘Exterminating’ Alawites

By Eric Zuesse
Global Research, December 07, 2015

Yemen’s independent Al Masdar News  headlines on Monday December 7th, “U.S. Backed Syrian Opposition Official Calls for the Extermination of Alawites,” and Leith Fadel reports that:

    “A prominent official from the U.S. backed Syrian Opposition has called for the extermination of Alawite Muslim villages after a series of defeats at the hands of the religiously diverse “Syrian Arab Army” (SAA) in the month of November

    “Abdullah Al-‘Ali – a former Aleppo-based attorney who has since moved to Turkey, where he works alongside the President of the Syrian National Council, Khaled Khoja, […]  advises followers and friends in the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to carry out deliberate sectarian attacks against Syria’s large Alawite Muslim population, which is also contrary to the message the Syrian National Council has attempted to spread to the western world about its secular nature.

    “Exterminating Nusayri (derogatory term that is directed towards Alawites) villages is more important than liberating the Syrian capital,” says Abdullah Al-‘Ali. […] Al-‘Ali’s sectarian post seems to be tolerated by his counterparts in the Syrian National Council as several members liked his message.

Al Masdar News  had previously been in the news itself during the 2011 Arab Spring demonstrations in Yemen against the Shiite President Ali Abdullah Saleh, when the newspaper’s photographer was killed by Saleh’s troops. The newspaper is strictly nonpartisan and opposed to all sectarianism.

A sectarian, pro-Sunni, newspaper owned by Sunni Qatar, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, bannered on December 2nd, “Syrian activists: Destroying Assad means destroying Islamic State group,” and reported that, “Many Syrian activists are frustrated by the UK debate on bombing the Islamic State group in Syria and feel that the cause of the problem, Assad, is being ignored completely.Qatar’s royal family, the Thanis, have been major donors to jihadist groups, all of which are Sunni. The newspaper quoted a Sunni group saying that the West needs to concentrate upon destroying “the roots of the problem that allows IS to flourish: Assad and his atrocities.”

On November 18th, a U.S. Defense Department press briefing in Baghdad proudly announced the first U.S. bombing of ISIS oil tank trucks carrying Iraqi and Syrian oil stolen by ISIS, for sale in other countries, and announced that:

    “this is our first strike against tanker trucks, and to minimize risks to civilians, we conducted a leaflet drop prior to the strike. … It says, “Get out of your trucks now, and run away from them. … Warning: airstrikes are coming. Oil trucks will be destroyed. Get away from your oil trucks immediately. Do not risk your life.”

Russia had already bombed, during the prior month and a half, thousands of such ISIS black-market oil trucks, and didn’t warn the people who were driving them.

ISIS is one of the many Sunni jihadist groups that are fighting in Syria to oust from power the secular Shiite Bashar al-Assad.

On November 24th, Michael Morell, Obama’s CIA Director during 2011-2013, explained on the PBS Charlie Rose show, “We didn’t go after oil wells, actually hitting oil wells that ISIS controls, because we didn’t want to do environmental damage, and we didn’t want to destroy that infrastructure.”

By contrast, the U.S. bombings in Syria have been directed against Syria’s infrastructure, including power stations that are in the territory still held by Bashar al-Assad’s forces. No one who was bombed in those anti-Shiite attacks was warned in advance.

Shiites in Iraq are considering whether Iraq should kick the U.S. out because the U.S. is supporting Sunni jihadists, such as ISIS.

Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of  They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of  CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.



"Eric Zuesse is a cultural anthropologist, general systems theorist, economist, and investigative journalist. He has published articles in numerous periodicals."


Alawites / Alawis

Shia sect / Twelver school
Revere Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib)
Sect founded by:  Ibn Nusayr in 9thC.


Shia belief in only descended imams
(I think)
{A'immah} have the right to be Caliphs
/ all other = usurpers 

Imām = stands or walks 'in front'
[in Sunni - leader of prayer]
Shia - only applies to Ahl al-Bayt {house of religion founder} - descendants of founder (I think).  It is a spiritual leader.
As I understand, Alawites / Alawis are followers of Ali ibn Abi Talib,  ruler Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661.

In Shia Islam, Ali (cousin & son-in-law of religion founder) is considered the first Imam / Caliph.

Sunnis believe otherwise:  x3 other Imams / Caliphs ahead of Ali (although Ali recognised as fourth Imam).  Sunni Sufis also follow Ali, I believe.

The difference between Shia and Sunni lies in the interpretation regarding succession, following death of founder.  Likewise, re the difference between Shia sects.

Difference in interpretation of 'Mawla'.
Shia = 'Lord & Master'
Sunni = 'beloved' or 'revered'
ie. the question of transfer of title to Ali, going back to:
632 AD
Ghadiri Khum Oasis

{ Hadith (report of quote of founder) - Pond of Khumm }
near city of al-Juhfah (now) Saudi Arabia
Shia: Ali ibn Abi Talib successor

Pond of Khumm (Ghadiri Khum Oasis) account:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith_of_the_pond_of_Khumm
 

al-Juhfah
became 'Rabigh' in early 17thC.
Red Sea coast town in now Saudi Arabia
Wadi Rabigh  = Hadith of the pond of Khumm

al-Juhfah wadi (wadi = valley, riverbed)
--> on Incense Route
--> between Syria & Yemen
--> travellers could replenish water
Note:  there are other differences and fundamentalist Salafi Sunni scholars argue that Aliwites are not Muslim.  But they are recognised as Muslim by other authorities.
Western scholars believe:
Alawites descended from ancient Middle Eastern ppl   --  eg  Canaanites, Hittites, Mardaites
+ 13thC. Sinjar settlers

At time of sect formation, (now) Syria region
--> was under Byzantine Empire control.
Many Alawites killed when Crusaders enter 1097.

Ottoman Empire
reign of Selim I
--> Alawites experience significant persecution
--> Ottoman attempt to convert Shia to Sunni

Post WWI
= fall of Ottoman Empire
= Syria & Lebanon --> League of Nations:  

    French Mandate period
[Source - all info from Wikipedia]



Ḍū al-Fiqār / Zulfikur / Zulfiqar

-- double-edged sword
-- two-blade or bifurcated sword
-- depiction of Ali's sword
-- depicted as scissor-like sword on flags
-- is symbolism associated with Twelver Shia
-- who believe religion's founder handed sword
-- in Battle of Uhud
-- to appointed successor, Ali ibn Abi Talib
-- symbol also associated with Sunnis
-- eg. early 1800s Ottoman Zulifqar flag
-- of Janissaries (Ottoman Sultan's elite infantry troops & bodyguards)
-- Janissaries began as elite corps of (young Christian boy) slaves

 [wikipedia]




Indian Sufi Tribute to Ali
Ali ibn Abu Talib



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COMMENT

Well, fancy that. US gives warnings to the jihadist oil thieves that fund terrorism by sale of stolen Syrian oil, before the US (reportedly) bombs them ... for the first time in OVER A YEAR of US-led coalition bombing.

However, the legitimate, secular, multi-religious Syrian government troops are having their infrastructure destroyed by US-led bombing, without warning ... and Syrian troops were bombed and killed by the the US-led operation (here), which has advantaged jihadists in Syrian Deir ez Zor province (which has been a major source of oil for them).

Meanwhile the sectarian, jihadist 'opposition' that wants to commit genocide is branded in the West as 'moderate rebels'.
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Really enjoyed check out a little history.  The Indian Sufi musical tribute is beautiful (although this is different / unrelated to Alawites that are being discussed in the above article).

Anyway, it's cool to get more of a handle on what 'Alawites' is -- ie. followers of Ali, as I understand.