Al-Qaeda is responsible for the Syrian revolution

Al-Qaeda has the support of the West, and it has the main power over the rebellion control. 

The Al-Qaeda is responsible for the Syrian revolt - said Tony Cartalucci from Blacklistednews. He bases his opinion on many reports and information coming from Syria. 

Information that points out this fact concerns an article published in the Wall Street Journal. It’s about rebels who receive help from many subjects form Near East and North Africa. There is a statement that members of Al-Qaeda have limited influence among the opponents of the president Bashar Al-Assad. However, as Cartalucci states, these influences are bigger than it seems. 

Another evidence in this case is the Christians’ relation to the authorities in Damascus. For fear of religious persecution by fundamentalist "rebels" they supported the Assad’s government. 

WSJ (Wall Street Journal) reports that most of the trails serving for arm transport start from southern Turkey and they are supported by CIA. However, as mentioned by the New York Times: 

According to reports given by the U.S. representatives and Arab secret service, a small group of CIA officers secretly operates on the territory of southern Turkey. Their task is to indicate which group of Syrian militants will receive arms. Weapons, including automatic rifles, grenades, ammunition and anti-tank arms are smuggled across the border by using a network of agents, among whom we can find the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. All this is financed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. 

Funnily enough, these countries are the closest U.S. allies in the region and the overthrow of the existing government in Damascus perfectly harmonizes with the doctrine of constructing the great Near East and expanding the U.S. influences. 

Let us remind that Muammar Gaddafi, in an interview in March 2011, claimed that it is Al-Qaeda that is responsible for the protests against the Libyan government and, what is more, the eastern part of Libya (Cyrenaica) is also a region in which this organization recruits most of its members. 

Given these facts, does anyone else claims that Al-Qaeda is an independent organization?