“These were not average members of the Free Syrian Army. Abu Khuder and his men fight for al-Qaida. They call themselves the ghuraba’a, or ‘strangers’, after a famous jihadi poem celebrating Osama bin Laden’s time with his followers in the Afghan mountains. According to Abu Khuder, his men are working closely with the military council that commands the Free Syrian Army brigades in the region. ‘We meet almost every day,’ he said. ‘We have clear instructions from our [al-Qaida] leadership that if the FSA need our help we should give it. We help them with IEDs and car bombs. Our main talent is in the bombing operations.'”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/al-qaida-rebels-battle-syria?newsfeed=true
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