Not in the US press: Jabhat An-Nusrah
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/02/not-in-us-press-jabhat-nusrah.html
“IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, Vol 49, issue 05, 1 February 2012
Sunni jihadist veterans join forces with Syrian rebels
Jeremy Binnie, JDW Middle East/Africa Editor – London. A new jihadist group calling itself Jabhat al-Nusrah has announced that it has joined the rebellion against the Syrian regime. In a video released to a pro-Al-QWaeda internet forum on 24 January, the group said it was responding to growing calls for jihadists to defend the Syrian people against the contry’s security forces. It added that its fighters had returned from various unspecified conflict zones. “We give good news for the Ummah (Islamic community) by establishing Jabhat al-Nusrah to protect Sham (the Levant) consisting of Sham mujahideen who were in the areas of Jihad”, the video’s narrator said.”