Syrian insurgents prepare suicide bombers, contrary to their previous denials

The preperation of suicide bombers on the part of Syria's opposition exemplifies the extent to which the insurgency is now an Islamist uprising driven by heavily armed foreign Jihadists with experience from previous conflicts in Iraq and elsewhere. The fact is particularly noteworthy because the opposition have always attempted to blame previous suicide attacks on the regime in a bizzare but often successful attempt to mislead Western journalists who hang on their every word. The apparent presence of prospective suicide bombers, an ever present feature of Islamist struggles from Chechnya to Iraq and Afghanistan could be taken as an indication that the Syrian insurgents are increasingly indistinguishable from 'Al Qaeda in Iraq' both in terms of tactics and ideology.