Global Research,
August 04, 2015
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.
