Reuters notes that the leader of Al Qaeda - Ayman al-Zawahri - is backing the Syrian rebels, and asking his followers to fight the Syrian government [3].
Some of the main Al Qaeda fighters who overthrew Gadaffi [4] - and now appear to be in control of Libya [5] - are already helping the Syrian rebels [6].
This is curious, given that the U.S. is considering military options [7] for ousting the Syrian government, American allies Britain and Qatar allegedly already have foreign troops inside Syria, and the U.S. has been planning regime change in Syria for over 50 years [8].
Mainstream reports [9] also state that the U.S. and its allies are backing Iranian terrorists.
I thought Al Qaeda was America's mortal enemy. Why are we backing terrorists?