Eric Harroun, the 31 year old former US Army soldier who fought in Syria, has died suddenly of an apparent drug overdose. Harroun made international headlines with his constant stream of videos from inside Syria, praising the rebels, denouncing Assad and taking part in fighting.
Ignored in the corporate media, and glorified in the pseudo alternative media, is that both Harroun and his father claimed he worked for the CIA.
Harroun even went to far as to say that the CIA told him where in Turkey he could procure weapons.
To some degree this parallels with the subject of our most recent podcast; CIA mercenary Mathew VanDyke. This is especially apparent by both VanDyke and Harroun’s vocal admiration for John McCain. The two stories diverge in that VanDyke has been praised openly in America, while Harroun was prosecuted by the FBI. This begs the question why?
As of now there are too few details with which to go by. In theory the autopsy should tell us more about how his death occurred. Unfortunately in these sorts of cases the autopsy generally comes to the conclusion that the government wishes it to. If one had to speculate though it seems as if Harroun might have been the sacrificial lamb. Increasing evidence pointing to America’s involvement in funding radical groups in Syria and the moderate rebels alignment with them has forced the US to portray themselves as against these elements. By going after Harroun the power elite can pretend to the public that they are still committed to combating international terrorism. Simultaneously, they can funnel arms and money into the hands of groups such as Al Nusra. This type of selective enforcement raises questions about how and why Harroun has suddenly died. Complicating this matter further is the plea deal that Harroun signed which allowed him to escape a possible sentence of life in prison for three years probation and a one hundred dollar fine. We will of course continue to report on any developments in the sudden death of Eric Harroun.