Syrian "opposition" joins up with Al Qaeda to take over border region between Syria and Jordan

Wunderbar!  Some people  never tire telling us that the "opposition" has nothing to do with terrorists.  Yup ... we believe, we believe.  Tell us more.   

Within just a few short years we have lived to see the destruction of three Muslim countries by the forces of the West.  Iraq, Libya and now Syria.  Egypt has had a lucky escape ... I hope that luck holds true.  

Bill Roggio writing at LongWarJournal:
Al Nusrah Front, Free Syrian Army seize border crossing to Jordan. The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, one of two al Qaeda branches fighting in Syria, recently teamed up with the Yarmouk Brigade of the Free Syrian Army to take control of the Daraa border crossing to Jordan.

The Yarmouk Brigade, the Al Nusrah Front, and the Aknaf Bait al Maqdis, or Defenders of Jerusalem, another jihadist group allied with al Qaeda that operates in Daraa, began the final push to take control of the border crossing last week. By Sept. 25, Al Hayat reported that 70 percent of the border crossing was under the control of the joint FSA and jihadist alliance. The crossing came under full control of the al Qaeda and FSA units yesterday, Al Jazeera reported.

A rebel military commander told Al Hayat that the Al Nusrah Front and the Aknaf Bait al Maqdis "played an essential role in the storming of the crossing through coordinated efforts with the south Syria command center that is controlled by factions affiliated with the FSA."

Twenty-six Syrian soldiers and seven Al Nusrah Front fighters are said to have been killed during the fighting. Videos of a tank flying Al Nusrah's flag and firing on Syrian Army positions at the border crossing were published on YouTube.

The Al Nusrah Front in Daraa is commanded by Iyad al Tubasi and Mustafa Abd al Latif Salih. Al Tubasi, who is also known as Abu Julaybib, is the brother-in-law of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the notorious former leader of al Qaeda in Iraq who was killed by US forces in 2006. Salih, who is also known as Abu Anas al Sahhaba, also accompanied Zarqawi in Iraq and served as a recruiter for the terror group. Al Tubasi was reported to have been killed in late 2012, but shortly thereafter the Al Nusrah Front released a statement denying the reports of his death.

In the past, the Al Nusrah Front has teamed up with the Yarmouk Brigade to conduct joint operations in and around the Daraa area in southern Syria. In March, the Al Nusrah Front fought alongside the Yarmouk Brigade and stormed an air defense base and military checkpoints, effectively putting them in control of a 25-kilometer stretch of the border from the Golan to Jordan.............