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Syria: a fractured opposition and Australian consequences
Posted By Andrew Zammit on April 24, 2014 @ 12:30
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Syrian-flag.jpg
[2] a significant number: http://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2014/apr/09/australians-fighting-in-syria-how-many-have-joined-the-conflict
[3] here: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/next-generation-of-jihadi-family-joins-syrian-war/story-fn59nm2j-1226811608601
[4] here: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/wife-and-kids-with-me-in-syria-as-i-fight-the-good-fight-says-aussie/story-fn59nm2j-1226812424209
[5] Jabhat al-Nusra: http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/Listedterroristorganisations/Pages/Jabhatal-Nusra.aspx
[6] Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS): http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/Listedterroristorganisations/Pages/IslamicStateofIraqandtheLevant.aspx
[7] Syrian: http://warontherocks.com/2014/02/the-syrian-civil-war-political-and-military-state-of-play/
[8] rebellion: https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-non-state-militant-landscape-in-syria
[9] criminal charges: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/alleged-recruiter-faces-charges-of-finding-men-to-join-syria-terrorists-20131203-2yorm.html
[10] passport confiscations: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/children-caught-in-syria-crackdown/story-fn59nm2j-1226872956780
[11] bank account restrictions: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/asio-teen-fights-face-of-jihad-claim-as-unjust-racist-20131208-2yzf0.html
[12] coercive questioning: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/acc-star-chamber-for-syria-suspects/story-fn59nm2j-1226850858776
[13] public messaging: http://www.resilientcommunities.gov.au/informationadvice/Documents/FactSheet-OngoingViolenceinSyria.pdf
[14] community engagement: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-12/government-agencies-hold-first-public-syria-talks-with-community/5316620
[15] audio: http://jihadology.net/2013/04/09/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-bakr-al-%E1%B8%A5ussayni-al-qurayshi-al-baghdadi-announcement-of-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-an/
[16] declared: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/al-qaeda-announces-an-islamic-state-in-syria
[17] under the new name: http://www.jihadica.com/introducing-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-greater-syria%E2%80%9D/
[18] audio: http://jihadology.net/2013/04/10/al-manarah-al-bay%E1%B8%8Da-foundation-for-media-production-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-jabhat-al-nu%E1%B9%A3rahs-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-jawlani-al-golani-about-the-fields-of-al-sham/
[19] disputing: http://abususu.blogspot.fr/2013/04/jabhat-al-nusra-responds.html
[20] rejecting: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/04/al_nusrah_front_lead.php
[21] re-affirming allegiance: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22095099
[22] made clear: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/710588/translation-of-ayman-al-zawahiris-letter.pdf
[23] restrict its activities: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/06/2013699425657882.html
[24] argued: http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-war-of-jihadists-against-jihadists-in-syria
[25] Sykes-Picot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement
[26] publicly disowned ISIS: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/al-qaeda-disavows-any-ties-with-radical-islamist-isis-group-in-syria-iraq/2014/02/03/2c9afc3a-8cef-11e3-98ab-fe5228217bd1_story.html
[27] already fighting against: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/18/al-qaeda-linked-jihadists-are-hunting-and-killing-moderate-syrian-rebels.html
[28] Free Syrian Army: http://www.understandingwar.org/report/free-syrian-army
[29] Islamic Front: http://mideastafrica.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/06/24/the_crowning_of_the_syrian_islamic_front
[30] here: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/02/isis-gaza-salafist-jihadist-qaeda-hamas.html
[31] here: http://www.meforum.org/3593/sheikh-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi
[32] here: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jan-26/245297-lebanon-militant-pledges-allegiance-to-al-qaeda.ashx#axzz2zDD95BsC
[33] small jihadist scene: http://andrewzammit.org/2012/12/22/australian-jihadism-at-the-end-of-2012-part-i-before-2012/
[34] former Sydney preacher: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3771395.htm?site=sydney
[35] described by Jabhat al-Nusra: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/aussie-sheik-helps-terror-group/story-e6frg8yo-1226870225082
[36] Jabhat al-Nusra videos: http://jihadology.net/2014/03/25/al-ba%E1%B9%A3irah-foundation-for-media-production-presents-a-new-video-message-from-jabhah-al-nu%E1%B9%A3rahs-shaykh-abu-sulayman-al-muhajir-lessons-and-learning-points-from-the-li/
[37] video: http://rdnews.tumblr.com/post/79931338414/update-english-translation-has-been-added-below
[38] appointed to mediate: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/03/former_islamic_preac.php
[39] Along with: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/04/social_media_jihad_tweeting_a.php
[40] called on Ayman al Zawahiri: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/04/jihadist_ideologues.php
[41] Jabhat al-Nusra video: http://jihadology.net/2014/04/12/al-ba%E1%B9%A3irah-foundation-for-media-production-presents-a-new-video-message-from-jabhat-al-nu%E1%B9%A3rah-an-interview-with-abu-sulayman-al-muhajir/
[42] detailed condemnation: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/04/_the_bayat_all_of.php
[43] high-level role: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/star-syrian-jihad-role-seen-for-sheik-abu-sulayman/story-fn59nm2j-1226884327767
[44] Musa Cerantonio: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/17/facebook-removes-page-radical-preacher-jihadists
[45] ICSR report: http://icsr.info/2014/04/icsr-insight-inspires-syrian-foreign-fighters/
[46] associated with ISIS: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/exsoldier-killed-in-syria-caner-temel-trained-in-arms-and-explosives/story-e6frg8yo-1226858851207
[47] disillusioning: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a26ffc5c-adfc-11e3-bc07-00144feab7de.html#axzz2zI5AmOyU
[48] reducing the appeal: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-29/warning-that-australians-will-die-if-they-join-syrian-civil-war/5225912
[49] The Murphy Raid: http://andrewzammit.org/
[50] Freedom House: https://www.flickr.com/photos/syriafreedom/7161216492