Quote Originally Posted by Christie Brinkley View Post
I said in the OP the 'rebels' are jihadis that would support mujahideen/islamic fundamentalist ideas. In the video one could be heard saying mujahideen but then that did not mean I was saying that they were in fact mujahideen but had sympathies to their ideology which is similar to their jihadi world view.
That's not really what you said:

Quote Originally Posted by Christie Brinkley View Post
Notice the word Mujahideen referring to jihad guerrilla warfare. Most probably referring to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan that was funded and supported by the United States to fight the soviets during the invasion by the soviet union in the 1980's. These jihadis later formed into todays Taliban which United States troops died against in the invasion of Afghanistan for the aim of increasing opium production.
There certainly may be some carry over but they have specific differences especially as it regards to Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance were our allies in 2001+.