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Now that's the recipe for a certified 2013 Hollywood blockbuster.

Riyadh, for its part, is forcing Jordan's King Playstation to install a buffer zone in his territory for the over 100 gangs that comprise the FSA -- as revealed by the Saudi-financed al-Quds al-Arabi. And guess who was the henchman forcing the deal? No less than vanishing Saudi intel chief Prince Bandar, who may or may not have been killed in a bomb attack two weeks ago (see Where is Prince Bandar?, Asia Times Online, August 2, 2012).

The Grim Reaper wins

It's worth repeating till the Grim Reaper comes to collect; spectacular blowback looms large.

The prolonged siege of Aleppo is at hand. The NATO-Gulf Cooperation Council "secret base" in Turkey, plus free-for-all weaponizing, are empowering an extremely nasty mix of unemployed, semi-illiterate young Sunni Syrians, sectarian born to kill army defectors, assorted criminals and multinational Salafi-jihadis. This video[3] shows everything one needs to know about the FSA. And this[4] shows what kind of "democracy" they are aiming for.

Saudi Wahhabis want a hardcore Sunni Islamist Syria -- complete with Christians, Allawites, Druzes and Kurds as third-rate citizens (or prime candidates for beheading). Qataris want a Muslim Brotherhood protectorate.

The Obama administration's foreign policy makers must be on (lousy) crack. Just because they are engaged on an all-out war against not only Iran, but also Shi'ites all around, how could they possibly bet on a Somalization of Syria profiting Wahhabi intolerance?

A grinning Grim Reaper awaits in the wings.

Notes:
1. Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret US support for Syrian rebels, Reuters, August 1, 2012
2. Looking for a Syrian endgame, Washington Post, July 19, 2012
3. See here.
4. Free Syrian Army issues military-led transition plan, AFP, July 30, 2012

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