"From Syria to Iraq, from Iraq to Syria. Liwa..." Topic

…al-Assad Allah Ghaleb.

"One of the last pro-regime militias of Iraqi origin who has appeared in Syria is Liwa al-Assad Allah Ghaleb (LAAG)1. LAAG was officially born in December 2013 when its leader, Abu Fatima al-Mussawi, makes the announcement in a video filmed at Damascus International Airport. Abu Fatima al-Mussawi served in Liwa Abu Fadl al-Abbas (LAFA), the oldest and probably the largest Iraqi Shiite militia that fought alongside the Syrian regime, since the second half of 2012, and which was then gradually fueled by pro-Iranian Iraqi militias as Asaib Ahl al-Haqq or Kata'ib Hezbollah. Came back in Iraq, where he gained a moral and financial support, Abu Fatima al-Mussawi began recruiting to form his own militia.

Qassim al-Tai'i is the spiritual leader of LAAG but also of the Iraqi branch of LAFA recently established in January 2014. He is a Shiite cleric in Najaf which is one of the founders of the Sadrist movement. He has participated in several failed uprising against Saddam Hussein and was imprisoned by the Iraqi regime. He also has ties with Iran which he adopted the concept of f velayat-e faqih (rule by the jurisprudent)2. Prey to the hostility of Moqtada al-Sadr, he returns to the front of the stage with the war in Syria, militanting early to encourage voluntary departures of Shiites in Damascus. Thus he sponsors the formation of LAFA. He also traveled several times to Syria to meet the leaders of this militia. He opens an office the December 23, 2012 in al-Sayyida Zaynab neighborhood, south of Damascus, where is the famous Shiite shrine whose defense is a pretext for sending Iraqi Shiite militiamen. This office is headed by Ibrahim Dawa. Dawa, the secretary of al-Ta'i, is the link between the religious leaders and fighters. It was he who distributes financial assistance to the families of killed fighters. Al-Tai'i used his influence to Shiite Iraqis from pro-Iranian militias take control of LAFA, which initially was a spontaneous creation in Syria, not necessarily organized from outside. Foreign involvement has also created internal armed clashes inside LAFA in summer 2013. Creating an Iraqi branch of LAFA in January is the last phase of the process…"
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So let me get this right … there is another faction in the mix ?

All the cool kids are starting their own factions.

Where are those weapons of mass destruction that started this rotten play?

They're like orks in 40K. Each leader is a wannabe warboss who's starting his own mob and tries to gain influence. Sometimes the mobs fight against other mobs of boyz and it's hard to tell them apart.

Warlord affiliation … just like in Afghanistan … or Iraq, or Nigeria, or Somalia, etc., etc. … And it's the 21st Century for most of the rest of the planet … And yes … they certainly act a lot like Orks !