Clinton: Syrian rebels getting ‘messages’ from Pakistan region known as Qaeda haven
Horrifying to think of what can happen if al-Qaeda gets their hands on the chemical weapon supplies Assad has when Assad falls out of power.
WaPo:
About halfway down a New York Times’ story on Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, the paper reports a disturbing new detail about the Syrian opposition. According to Clinton, rebels in Syria have been receiving ‘messages’ from a part of Pakistan where al-Qaeda’s core leaders are believed to be hiding out:
She added: “Having said all that, [Syrian leader Bashar] Assad is still killing. The opposition is increasingly being represented by Al Qaeda extremist elements.” She also said that the opposition was getting messages from the ungoverned areas in Pakistan where some of the Qaeda leadership was believed to be hiding — a development she called “deeply distressing.”