US-Created Syrian Opposition Led by Big Oil RepTony Cartalucci, Contributor His long history of serving and working in coordination with Western governments and corporations made him and his collaborators the ideal candidates to prepare Libya for its place within the Wall Street-London international order. Now it is revealed that the US-handpicked opposition, announced in Doha, Qatar earlier this month, is led by a similarly compromised figure, Moaz al-Khatib. The corporate-financier-funded Carnegie Endowment for International Peace reported of al-Khatib that: Moaz al-Khatib, an oil sector engineer and former imam of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, has garnered substantial praise since his designation, while Riad Seif and Suhair al-Atassi bring their own credibility to the coalition. They have now set up shop in Cairo and have received the full endorsement of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council as the sole representative of the Syrian opposition. The European Union and the United States have endorsed the group in a more general fashion. Even more importantly, from Syrian citizens of various affiliations with whom I have met recently, it is clear that al-Khatib and his associates seem to draw praise for their opposition to the regimeas an imam, al-Khatib refused to follow the speeches imposed by the regime and was imprisonedtheir resistance, and their tolerance. These endorsements are a first achievement, but a number of steps are necessary before Moaz al-Khatib becomes the real head of the Syrian opposition and enters into a substantive relationship with EU leaders. VoltarieNets Thierry Meyssan reported in an article titled, The many faces of Sheikh Ahmad Moaz Al-Khatib that: Completely unknown to the international public only a week ago, Sheikh Moaz al-Khatib has been catapulted to the presidency of the Syrian National Coalition, which represents pro-Western opposition in the Damascus government. Portrayed by an intense public relations campaign as a highly moral personality with no partisan or economic attachments, he is in truth a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and an executive of the Shell oil company. Indeed, al-Khatib had worked at the al-Furat Petroleum Company for six years, according to the BBC, which is partnered with Shell Oil. Al-Khatib is also said to have lobbied for Shell in Syria between 2003-2004, and has likewise taught classes in both Europe and the United States, this according to his biography featured on his own website. Video: The smirking crypto-sectarian extremist, and new Western proxy of the recently re-contrived Syrian National Council, Moaz al-Khatib admits that hes been promised legitimacy and weapons despite openly declaring his intention of overthrowing the secular nation-state of Syria, and installing an Islamic state. Qatari state propaganda walks al-Khatib through the all-too-familiar talking points repeated by the US, UK, EU, Turkey and their Persian Gulf collaborators. Qatars minister of state for foreign affairs sells the legal argument for circumventing the United Nations Security Council. While the global public is repeatedly told that the violence in Syria is the result of pro-democratic forces fighting against the brutal regime of President Bashar al-Assad, it is Moaz al-Khatib himself who inexplicably states that two certified autocracies, those of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are propping him up and that it is an Islamic state he hopes to create upon the rubble of a destroyed Syria. Already in Syria, al-Khatibs freedom fighters are exposed as both foreign extremists affiliates of Al Qaeda, as well as sectarian-driven Muslim Brotherhood militants that have plagued Syrias sociopolitical landscape for decades. Clearly, al-Khatib has played a role in perpetuating this plague, clearly he plans to continue well into the foreseeable future this time with Western, Turkish, Qatari and Saudi support. Tony Cartaluccis articles have appeared on many alternative media websites, including his own at Land Destroyer Report. Read other contributed articles by Tony Cartalucci here. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 