Syrian rebel women hold demonstration for Al Qaeda.

This footage of an Anti-Assad demonstration in which the participants proudly display the flag of Al Qaeda, which is afforded noticably more prominence than the old national flag adopted by the rebels, shows just how strong the currents of violent Jihadism and extremism run among the opposition in Syria. 

The widespread use of Al Qaeda insignia and rhetoric on the part of Syria's rebels, while largely ignored in the Western media, provides a strong indication as to their vision of Syria's future.

'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.' 

Syrian Opposition pose with Al Qaeda flags

The association between Syria's Sunni opposition and Al Qaeda is a well established fact. Iraqi sources have confirmed that Al Qaeda fighters have been streaming into Syria for months to join the Jihad against Assad. Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri recently expressed his support for the Syrian revolt after US intelligence admitted that several suicide bombing conducted by Syria's insurgents are thought to have been linked to Al Qaeda operatives. The video below, in which anti-Assad insurgents pose with Al Qaeda flags serves as yet another warning that the West's support for Anti-Assad forces threatens to empower radical Islamists whose ascendancy would bring about unimaginable horror for countless Syrians and put the continued existence of Syria's minorities at grave risk.