'Syrian' insurgents employ Iraq style roadside bombs as foreign Jihadists make their presence felt

The pre-dominance of foreign Islamists among the opposition in Syria provides an insight into the true nature of the Syrian insurgency. The use of suicide bombings in Aleppo and Damascus and the growing exploitation of roadside IED's attests to the increasing dominance of Al Qaeda in Iraq and other experienced militant groups who used both techniques to deadly effect elsewhere.

This comes after Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri came out in support of the Syrian rebellion and US intelligence chief James Clapper admitted that Al Qaeda had 'inflitrated'  the Syrian oppoisition and was 'extending it's reach into Syria.'