US Officials: Al-Qaida Gaining Foothold in Syria

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“Al-Qaida has advanced beyond isolated pockets of activity in Syria and now is building a network of well-organized cells, according to U.S. intelligence officials, who fear the terrorists could be on the verge of establishing an Iraq-like foothold that would be hard to defeat if rebels eventually oust President Bashar Assad.  At least a couple of hundred al-Qaida-linked militants are already operating in Syria, and their ranks are growing as foreign fighters stream into the Arab country daily.”  [Gee, who could have predicted that?]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-sanctions-hezbollah-supporting-assad-16977292?singlePage=true

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