Al Qa'idah (AQ) - Tarbiyah Jihadiyah

tactics like Car bombs were also used to destroy key government buildings or officials, but these werelimited and few compared to Iraq to avoid the killing of innocent Muslims. These tactics were used forover 1-2 years, since guerilla warfare is usually slow 'hit and run' tactics, this was no different, especiallyconsidering that the revolutionaries rarely got weapons from outsiders, and most weapons were boughtoff the army members who wanted quick money, or were home-made. (i.e. there were cases wherethey made missiles through instructions off the internet.)A youtube video (see 1: 15) shows how a Muslim fighter slowly approaches a Syrian regime tank andthrows a grenade in the tank turret, the tank explodes. This shows the bravery and risks the fighters arewilling to take to defeat the enemy using simple weaponry and simple methods of warfare.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoFRXks2X68 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUgVc_sQvQcThe Syrian army's strength however was in its airpower, where it would bombard and shell towns takenover by rebels (so the rebels couldn't function a state properly). The fighters needed MANPADS(Manned Portable Air Defence Systems) [also known as: Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs)] to shoot downthe warplanes which massacred thousands of innocent people in towns. But none of the internationalcommunity helped, fearing the weapons would fall into the hands of extremist Islamic guerillas'.As a result, the fighters resorted to laying siege to airports and destroying warplanes and helicopters ofthe regime whilst they were 'parked up' in the airports. These campaigns were led by the the special AQforces of Jabhat al Nusra, followed by the rest of the rebel groups. The famous siege and victory ofTaftanaz airport allowed rebels to get alot of weaponry which they had never had access to before,including some MANPADS..^Jabhat al Nusra waving the Islamic black flag after taking over the Taftanaz military airport.23