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‘US Army veteran fighting Syrian government worked for CIA’

1 Apr 2013 10:23

Islam Times - The father of a US Army veteran recently arrested by the FBI for joining foreign-backed militants in Syria says his son was serving the CIA and reporting back to the Agency from the country.


Darryl Harroun says his son Eric, who was arrested and charged with conspiracy on Wednesday for fighting with al-Qaeda-linked militants, is extremely patriotic and would not join militants.
 
    “I know he was doing some work for the CIA over there,” Darryl said. “I know for a fact that he was passing information onto the CIA.”
 
 
However, the FBI affidavit mentioned no word of Harroun working for the CIA.
 
Harroun, 30, was arrested upon arriving at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, after fighting with the notorious al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front in Syria since January.
 
The detained soldier has confessed to shooting 10 people and using a rocket-propelled grenade while in Syria and being involved in downing a Syrian chopper. He is also charged with plotting to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the US.
 
Harroun has appeared in a number of videos on the Internet showing him with militants in Syria.
 
This is while the New York Times said in a report last week that the CIA was cooperating with Turkey and a number of other regional governments to supply arms to militants fighting the government in Syria.
 
The report comes as the US has repeatedly voiced concern over weapons falling into the hands of al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups.
 
Al-Nusra was named a terrorist organization by Washington last December, even though it has been fighting with the US-backed so-called Free Syrian Army in its battle against Damascus.


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