Al Qaeda arming opposition in Syria

In a grisly repeat of Libya, the United States and Al Qaeda find themselves once again working together for a common goal: the deposal of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

From the heroic John Glaser:

These terrorists, often described as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) carried out two recent bombings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and likely was behind the suicide bombings on Friday in the city of Aleppo that killed at least 28 people, anonymous U.S. officials told McClatchy Newspapers.

Iraq’s Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Assadi said in an interview with the press on Saturday that AQI has snuck across the border to aid the Syrian opposition forces with arms. ”We have intelligence information that a number of Iraqi jihadists went to Syria,” he said, adding that “weapons smuggling is still ongoing” from Iraq into Syria.

Something to bear mind the next time anyone hears war apologists unconscionably defend U.S. intervention in Libya or agitate for a potential one in Syria.