Chossudovsky: US Supports Terrorism under Guise of "War on Terror" (VIDEO)

The US and Europe have supplied militants fighting inside Syria against President Bashar al-Assad with arms from Croatia, a new report by Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List says. The report said weapons, which date back to the time of former Yugoslavia, have been paid for by Saudi Arabia at the request of the US. The Syrian crisis began in March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of army and security personnel, have been killed.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Michel Chossudovsky, with the Centre for Research on Globalization (Montreal), to further discuss the issue of war on Syria.

What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview with Michel Chossudovsky .

Press TV: Thirteen million dollars worth of weapons for the militants are being provided by the UK. Meanwhile, training is also being provided by France as well as the US.

Now, why don't these countries just come out and say it that they are basically waging a proxy war in Syria, the prime objective being not human rights, not democracy, but just the removal of Bashar al-Assad at any cost?

Chossudovsky: I think what we are witnessing is the criminal nature of US foreign policy where covert support is being applied to terrorists to wage their war. It is their war and it is a very cynical and criminal process.

It was my understanding that when John Kerry were to take over the position of Secretary of State that he would seek a diplomatic path but what has happened is the heightened support to al-Nusra terrorists which in fact are the foot soldiers of the western military alliance.

And we have to bear in mind that this is something which has occurred from day one in Dara, almost two years ago in the middle of March 2011 when death squads came in from neighboring countries involved in killing civilians.

And the only way which the United States and its allies can sustain their legitimacy is to the blatant manipulation of the facts by the western media.

The al-Nusra terrorist is the only military entity, the FSA (Free Syrian Army) as a military entity, as a faction, it was defeated and what the United States and its allies providing so-called non-lethal military aid to Syria but in effect bringing in thousands of tons of weapons, plane loads from Croatia is tantamount to war crimes and acts which are bordering on a genocide because it is directed against an entire civilian population.

Press TV: Absolutely. Now the UN refugee agency's head is right now in Turkey and he spoke of violence spilling over causing "an explosion" in the Middle East.

Do you think the US and its allies have calculated that in or are they willing to take that risk?

Chossudovsky: They have various scenarios. Direct military intervention has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon, in liaison with Turkey, Israel for months now.

It is important to point out that recent consultations between Israel and NATO in Brussels are precisely in that direction that was last week when the President of Israel Shimon Peres with the delegation met with the NATO executives behind closed doors.

But we are in a situation whereby the United States is supporting terrorism under the disguise of a so-called war on terrorism and the media lies which sustain this are absolutely mind-boggling that people do not realize that these al-Nusra terrorists are in fact an instrument of the western military alliance.

And what I think is happening is a process of actually destroying Syria as a sovereign nation state. That is the objective of the western military alliance, Washington, Brussels, and its allies Turkey, Israel and of course the front-line Arab states, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.