Hussam Alawak and Islamic State

Islamic State: A senior member of the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regime says Canada time, effort and money would be better spent training ground forces to retake territory from the Islamic State in both Iraq and Syria, rather than on a bombing campaign. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Alawak, who defected prior to the Arab Spring uprising, says the current U.S.-led bombing campaign will not dislodge the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and may drive up recruitment to the group. A Canadian Armed Forces CF-18 fighter jet from 409 Squadron sits on a tarmac in Kuwait this week. Brig.-Gen. Hussam Alawak, who heads up intelligence for the Free Officers Movement one arm of the Free Syrian Army also warned in an interview with The Canadian Press that new anti-aircraft weapons threatening coalition jets come from looted stockpiles in Libya and more potent weapons may be on the way. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.