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MEMRI Daily: August 9, 2012

Syrian Analyst Muhammad 'Issa: War With The Rebels Will Lead To New 'Syrian Empire' Fatwa By Senior Al-Qaeda Sheikh Sanctions Killing 'Alawites In Syria Syrian-French Writer Adnan Azzam: MEMRI President Yigal Carmon Lived In Homs, Syria, And Is Free Syrian Army Liaison With Zionist Lobby A Free Syrian Army Commander Displays Captured Tanks   Special Dispatch No. 4875 Syrian Analyst Muhammad 'Issa: War With The Rebels Will Lead To New 'Syrian Empire' Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian analyst Muhammad 'Issa, which aired on Al-Dunya TV on July 30, 2012. To view the MEMRI TV clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3524.htm. Muhammad 'Issa: "[...] I say to all my brothers in the Syrian Arab Republic: This is the battle of the world, the battle of the century. This is the battle for the establishment of the Syrian Empire, and you must be ready to pay the price. The establishment of the Syrian Empire comes at a price..." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6577.htm.    Special Dispatch— No. 4874 Fatwa By Senior Al-Qaeda Sheikh Sanctions Killing 'Alawites In Syria Note to media and government: For a full copy of this report, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email.  The jihadi website Shumoukh Al-Islam has posted a fatwa by senior Al-Qaeda sheikh 'Abdallah Khaled Al-'Adm (aka Abu 'Ubayda), titled "don't consult with anyone [before] killing 'Alawites." The fatwa, dated July 12, 2012, calls upon the Sunnis in Syria to kill 'Alawites everywhere, without mercy, for they are greater infidels than the Christians and Jews and do greater harm to Islam. The following are excerpts: The sheikh begins by describing the crimes which, he says, are committed by the 'Alawites against the Sunnis in broad daylight – including slaughter, expulsion, violating women's honor, and looting property – and calls upon the Sunnis to kill them mercilessly: "O Sunnis, war and experience have taught us that swords can be met only with swords..." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6576.htm.  To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM).  For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.    Special Dispatch— No. 4873 Syrian-French Writer Adnan Azzam: MEMRI President Yigal Carmon Lived In Homs, Syria, And Is Free Syrian Army Liaison With Zionist Lobby Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian-French writer Adnan Azzam, who is Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d'Honneur, which aired on Al-Dunya TV on June 15, 2012. To view the MEMRI TV clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3494.htm.    "This Is One Of The Branches Of The Zionist Lobby In The USA, And It Organizes The Syrian Opposition" Adnan Azzam: "If you recall, last year, the first time I visited this studio, we talked about the media war taking place in Europe, and especially in France. Both in France and in Washington – those two capitals – a media war against Syria is taking place. They are mobilizing all their resources for the sake of this war,both their material and human resources. "Today, I have chosen to read from a translation of this book, which is a very important book. Nobody in Syria has translated it before." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6575.htm.   MEMRI TV Clip No. 3518 A Free Syrian Army Commander Displays Captured Tanks Following are excerpts from an address made by a commander in the Free Syrian Army, which was posted on the Internet on July 30, 2012. Commander: "We are the soldiers of Allah, while you are the soldiers of the infidels. We will fight you to the last drop of our blood." To view the MEMRI TV clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3518.htm. Please remember the environment before printing.