[quote]One of the most prominent Sunni supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has been killed in a blast at a mosque in the capital, Damascus.
At least 41 other people were killed alongside Sheikh Mohammed al-Buti at the Iman mosque, said the Sana news agency, calling it "a terrorist" blast.[/quote]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21887877[/url]
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I wonder who was behind this. It doesn't make sense that the rebels would do it as attacking a mosque is the single best way to lose popular support and make your cause look bad.
Makes me suspect that this is Assad's doing, he gains a whole lot by blaming it on the rebels and using Mohammed al-Buti as a martyr.
[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;39996130]I wonder who was behind this. It doesn't make sense that the rebels would do it as attacking a mosque is the single best way to lose popular support and make your cause look bad.
Makes me suspect that this is Assad's doing, he gains a whole lot by blaming it on the rebels and using Mohammed al-Buti as a martyr.[/QUOTE]
I don't think most extremists really care what others think of them, other wise they would have stopped blowing civilians up decades ago.
People seem to forget that the 'rebels' are made up of many different coalitions. Unfortunately some of them are terroristic and see this civil war as an opportunity to destabilize the region.
This wasn't Assad. The man is evil and powerhungry, not stupid. Why would he kill someone who openly supported him and was in a position to influence others to do so as well?
[QUOTE=Fahrenheit;39996156]People seem to forget that the 'rebels' are made up of many different coalitions. Unfortunately some of them are terroristic and see this civil war as an opportunity to destabilize the region.
This wasn't Assad. The man is evil and powerhungry, not stupid. Why would he kill someone who openly supported him and was in a position to influence others to do so as well?[/QUOTE]
false flag attack to drum up support
[QUOTE=OneFourth;39996175]false flag attack to drum up support[/QUOTE]
Sounds like a rebels doing. That false flag argument goes both ways.
[QUOTE=Fahrenheit;39996156]People seem to forget that the 'rebels' are made up of many different coalitions. Unfortunately some of them are terroristic and see this civil war as an opportunity to destabilize the region.
This wasn't Assad. The man is evil and powerhungry, not stupid. Why would he kill someone who openly supported him and was in a position to influence others to do so as well?[/QUOTE]
I think he gains much more from this event than he would if al-Buti was still alive and kept preaching. And the fact that he openly supported him only adds to the credibility of that the rebels are behind the attack.
Even if the rebellion is a very loose organization most of them are still muslims. The average muslim would rather cut his balls off than blow up a mosque.
[QUOTE=OneFourth;39996175]false flag attack to drum up support[/QUOTE]
Every single time someone innocent is killed, the first thing everyone says is "Oh Assad did it to make people think it was the rebels."
No offence to you personally, but that notion is bull. It's not as if there are plenty of confirmed cases of this. The man is a brutal monster. He doesn't hide the fact that he's using tanks, warplanes, snipers, bombs, anti-air guns, heavy machine guns or any of the other weapons in his arsenal.
He doesn't need to bomb a mosque, it has no benefit for him and if everyone is just going to think it was the Assad regime no matter what there is no way he's going to convince people it was someone else.
I'm not saying it's not possible, but there is no current evidence to believe that line of thought.
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