The militants in Syria will eventually turn into a threat to the global community, including the West, as a result of the support they are constantly receiving from the US and its allies, a political analyst tells Press TV.
Danny Makki pointed to the Westâ„¢s support for the militants in Syria, saying, Å“While … arming these extremist jihadists movements, you essentially create a Frankenstein monster similar to the type that was created in Afghanistan.”
Å“What about the threats to European security or regional security, especially when theyâ„¢re up to one thousand European jihadists in Syria? Imagine the techniques, the fighting which they would have learned. This would essentially expound regional and global terrorism in a much wider scale,” he added.
The crisis in Syria began in March 2011 and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security forces, have been killed in the foreign-sponsored militancy.
In May, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said militants from as many as 29 different countries were fighting against Syria.
The West and its regional allies – especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey – are supporting the militants.
Makki pointed to the gruesome video that emerged on the Internet in mid-May and showed a militant in Syria cutting out the body organs of a Syrian soldier and biting into it, saying, Å“Americans and the British want to essentially arm cannibal extremists, the so-called Syrian moderate rebels, the same moderate rebels who essentially eat the insides of captured soldiers.”
Å“When Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United States discuss arming the rebels, they are essentially arming the al-Nusra front, who are the biggest rebel forces and the affiliates of al-Qaeda,” the analyst pointed out.
On Friday, a spokesman for the foreign-backed Takfiri militants in Syria said the armed groups have been supplied with heavy weapons including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles by Ëœbrotherly nations.â„¢
The Los Angeles Times reported on the same day that CIA operatives have been secretly providing the militants with training on the use of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons for months.
Since the opening of a new US military base southwest of Jordan in November 2012, the CIA operatives and US special operations troops have covertly trained the militants in groups of 20 to 45 at a time in two-week courses, the American daily said.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV