https:// wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/12522

For: HRC From: Sid

Re: Muslim Brotherhood on the move

https:// wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/85DAMASCUS1314_a.html

IT APPEARS THAT THEY MAY EVEN HAVE COORDINATED TO TRY TO EFFECT A COUP AGAINST ASAD, WHICH THEY FORESAW WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY MASS UPRISINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. (THEY ALSO HOPED FOR EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE– FROM IRAQ, IN PARTICULAR.) THE MUSLIM BROTHERS APPARENTLY HAD SYMPATHIZERS IN MANY QUARTERS OF THE REGIME, INCLUDING IN HIGH PLACES IN THE ARMED FORCES. A SWEDISH DIPLOMAT HERE, A LONG-TIME FOLLOWER OF THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERS (APPARENTLY THERE ARE MANY OF THEM IN SWEDEN)