SURPRISE! DIVISION 30 TURNS TO FIGHT AGAINST ASSAD

Division 30 are the New Syrian Forces, trained at ridiculous expense by the USA to fight Islamic State.

But they now want to fight Assad instead!

Surprised?

Er, nope.

I think that that was the hope all along: train a few guys to allegedly fight the Salafist entity you created, give them special protection, hope they start a fight with the Syrian Arab Army instead, then send in the USAF.

That's why the international cuthroat Jihadis were unleashed on Syria in the first place, but that has failed.

That's why Prince Bandar ran his false flag at Ghouta, but that failed to provoke the overt war on Syria so desired by the NATO/Zio/Gulf powers.

That's why the US DIA proposal from 2012 for the creation of a Salafist entity has been implemented.

Let us take on Assad

The focus of the U.S. program is the fight against ISIS, and many rebels have publicly complained that they do not wish to endure the lengthy vetting process if they cannot attack the Syrian revolution's primary adversary, the Assad regime.

Yet Abu Iskander is clear he and his men will fight against the regime, making an appeal -- regularly heard among rebels -- for a no fly zone over Syria's north.

"The second rule in the training project is that we fight whoever fights us," he said. "The Assad regime is fighting us. We will control new areas from ISIS and we will have to face Assad, shall we stay sitting without fighting Assad?

"Make a no fly zone in Syria, then we won't flee to Europe [as refugees], but will stay in our homes. We don't want to cry [as victims] on your TV screens, instead we want the Assad regime to be stopped."

Colonel Patrick Ryder, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Central Command, CENTCOM, declined to confirm whether Abu Iskander was a member of the New Syrian Forces "as a matter of policy."

"The Coalition does remain in contact with New Syrian Forces elements who have graduated from the program, who have expressed their eagerness to continue the counter-ISIL fight," he said, adding they were being provided with "defensive fire support to protect them."

[source : Syrian rebels: This is what almost $1m of U.S. training looks like, CNN, http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/18/middleeast/new-syria-force-fighter-abu-iskander/, 18th August 2015]