Al-Qaeda’s Jolani Sure Sounds a Lot Like American Neocons
"We either achieve victory and we see it with our own eyes, or martyrdom in the way of Allah"
Editor’s note: Jolani is ex-ISIS as is his organization. He was sent by the then Iraq-based ISIS to exploit the situation in Syria and create an ISIS spinoff there, but soon realizing the size of the opening there the main body of ISIS moved into Syria as well, after which they demanded a merger. He and Nusra are al-Qaeda only in the sense that they swore allegiance to Zawahiri as a way not to have to roll back into ISIS proper under Baghdadi. In reality, however, they’re not even a spinoff of bin Laden’s AQ, but of the even more medieval Baghdadi’s ISIS.
The leader of al Qaeda in Syria:
Russia’s relentless and vicious campaign in NW Syria, where millions of civilians and IDPs live and could be forced to flee en mass, continues. The leader of the force that dominates that area has a new speech. A new & dangerous chapter is looming.
Details in following tweets: pic.twitter.com/FE7IkxNTkJ
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Just in:
Abu Muhammed al-Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS, former Jabhat al-#Nusra), appeared in a video about latest developments in #Idlib.
He focuses on Russia, as the new enemy determined to restore "the glory of the Soviet Union".
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Al-Jolani says the Syrian revolution has achieved many goals against the Syrian regime, including the fracturing of its army (rendered militias), decimated economy, and domestic & international isolation. (Net gains for the rebels.)
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
"Patience is about to be followed by victory. The former regime has gone forever; the revolution has won against it in several ways, dismantled its army, showed its security vulnerabilities, destroyed its economy, mobilized international public opinion against it & isolated it." pic.twitter.com/1K3myWxhrG
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: "But today we're facing a pure Russian occupation. Russia is trying to regain its Soviet glory at the expense of the Syrian blood, using the most atrocious methods, killing and displacing innocents, destroying their hospitals & schools, burning farms & factories." pic.twitter.com/GHAEcP1x9A
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: "We're also facing an Iranian occupation, aiming to wipe out the Sunni people and to restore the glory of the Persian empire, through the claims of Shiism & sectarianism, and to replace this people with one that serves its expansionist desires." pic.twitter.com/m9Q8rQPCP2
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
"Between the two [Russia & Iran], the regime is being used by the two sides as a puppet to take over territories and properties, through demographic change… To achieve their goals, the two have no qualms in committing the ugliest massacres against the Sunni people" pic.twitter.com/oZEt3tH244
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
…., through airstrikes, bombardments and leveling to the ground, after they failed to pacify the revolution through political and security means."
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: "Having said that, we are in front of a great battle, on behalf of the whole Islamic Ummah, and on behalf of a hypocrite world that once wanted to destroy the Soviet Union & to confront the Iranian ambitions."
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: "We have moved past the idea of bringing down the regime, this is now a battle for liberation and independence." #Syria
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: "We have moved past the idea of bringing down the regime, this is now a battle for liberation and independence from a Russian and Iranian occupation." pic.twitter.com/1nr9w6TPpt
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: [this Russian and Iranian occupation] targets our religion, our land and our resources. Based on that we should lay out our plans, conceptions, and visions for the next fight/struggle." #Syria #Iran #Russia pic.twitter.com/4sFS1PF24f
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: "We have no other option but to confront the occupiers and to resist their aggression and tyranny." #Syria pic.twitter.com/EbMjK5imHY
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Jolani: "We either achieve victory and we see it with our own eyes, or [achieve] martyrdom in the way of God. What's happening now from massacres & misery is but another episode in this war in which we have no choice but confrontation." #Syria pic.twitter.com/ZOfsmy5BWu
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 24, 2019
Overall, Jolani frames the fight as a long-term strategic fight, building on what he frames as half-way successes, and also emphasizes the logic of the fight for outside actors, both in the Middle East and in the US/West. No room for surrender, it's not a choice. #Syria pic.twitter.com/qxtPtKobb3
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 25, 2019
Jolani: "The peoples of the region, and the whole world, will bear the political, economic, military & security consequences of this war." #Syria #Idlib #Russia #Iran
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 25, 2019
Jolani: "The people of the Levant, Iraq, Yemen, and the Arab Gulf, specifically the Two Holy Sites land [Saudi Arabia], and the Turkish people, will bear its consequences. Its outcome will reflect on their lives, negatively or positively." #Syria #Idlib #Iran
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 25, 2019
Jolani: the whole region will have to reckon with the results of the Syrian war "because of how the war's outcome will turn things upside down internationally, and distribute the centers of powers in the region once again." pic.twitter.com/Vox9b7q5Ij
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 25, 2019
[Move past the rhetoric, and there is a lot to digest. A big moment for the Syrian conflict & the wider region. The last stand for the Syrian rebels. A lot of scenarios have been put off amid the ongoing fight against Assad & holding/governing territories. New scenarios open up.]
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 25, 2019
[We know that the rebels, especially the jihadists among them, have been preparing, or talking about, an insurgency at least since late '16, with the recapture of Aleppo by the regime. Much depended on gaining foreign allies, and that shaped strategy & PRIORITIES. That'll change]
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 25, 2019
[Jolani frames the next chapter in terms any jihadism observer will recognize. I long argued his group, or an incarnation of it, will "inherit" the energy of the Syrian uprising, currently under attack by Russia, Iran & Assad, in the same way ISIS did the 2003 insurgency in 2014]
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) December 25, 2019
That’s an interesting way to call the leader of a terrorist organization.
— Paul Antonopoulos (@oulosP) December 24, 2019
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It’s interesting how the Yanks and Israel can go on destroying the ME yet no one wants to attack them out…it just confirms who truly runs these crazies!
The West aids and abets Al Qaeda and ISIS as they reflect what is at the core of the West.
Seems pretty obvious that this is the US’ guy, another tool to be used against Russia. This is why the Syrians and allies need to flatten Idlib, completely. Terrorist hellhole propped up by the US coalition. To stop the US you have to eradicate their tools, leave them with no proxies.
I wonder why “Muslims” terrorists never touch even with a flower to USA and Israel invaders. Coincidence? Or the later don’t have the balls to show their true face?
there is a long list of issues that is going soon to be resolved…. Russia does not forget…… the US and its vassals France and UK with their mercenaries called al qaida, IS, or whatever they call themselves…. incl. turks and joos….. are going to pay dearly for their criminal history
“martyrdom in the way of allah”
is anyone still believing this BS?
you don’t hear much about the 72 virgins anymore. neither the 2 legged or 4 legged variety. too many martyrs and not enough virginal volunteers, i suppose.
are they passing out snicker bars to the anointed ones? that used to be a winner.
how stupid can you get?
they find out the virgins are old ugly toothless rags witbout any genitalia….. they find out that there is no paradise….. and they murdered and died invain for nothing….. that’s what their manipulators made them believe….
Another CIA/Mossad puppet talking big shit
He will be killed like a worm