Thread by @ClimateAudit

1/ AlQaeda heir Hamza bin Laden and @SecPompeo are allied in their opposition to Syrian government and support for Idlib. Pompeo, supported by Trump, warned Syria and Russia not to attack Idlib, world's largest AlQaeda enclave
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2/ Pompeo's support for Idlib was undoubtedly welcomed by Hamza bin Laden, who had previously issued stirring encyclical, "The Cause of al-Sham [Syria] is the Cause of Islam", urging support for muhajideen in Idlib
longwarjournal.org/wp-content/upl…

3/ Hamza bin Laden endorsed the efforts of Idlib muhajideen to "overthrow the tyrant" - an effort in which AlQaeda is allied with USA - and to "establish the Shariah" - a consequence on which Pompeo and Trump, like Obama before them, are silent

4/ Hamza bin Laden called on all young Muslim to join the muhajideen in Idlib, presently under AlQaeda control and under US protection.

5/ Hamza, like Pompeo (and Bolton and Obama admin), blames Russia for preventing Al Qaeda muhajideen from taking Damascus. Hamza's disappointment at the frustration of AlQaeda takeover of Damascus is understandable; US disappointment is not.

6/ Iran was Syria's other ally in preventing AlQaeda muhajideen from taking Damascus to the frustration of Hamza bin Laden. Ironically, Pompeo and Bolton advocate war against AlQaeda's major Middle East opponent (Iran) and protection for AlQaeda enclave in Idlib.