Friday, September 06, 2013

John Kerry's boys

"Now sectarian affiliation carries a presumed political position, although in reality it's not that simple. There are Alawites and members of other minority groups, including Christians, who are opposed to Assad; and there are Sunnis who support the regime even though most rebels are Sunni." "But on Aug. 4, Sunni rebels positioned in Salma and Doreen captured Blouta and 10 other Alawite villages before dawn. Some 105 Alawite women and children were taken hostage in the raids. Although regime forces won back the villages 15 days later, the captives remain in the custody of Katibat il Muhajiroon, or the Battalion of Emigrants, a hard-line group of foreign fighters led by a Libyan, Abu Jaafar il Libi."