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Exclusive: U.S. Allies Now Fighting CIA-Backed Rebels
The Daily Beast ^ | 02.12.16 | Nancy Youseff

Posted on 02/12/2016 8:15:23 AM PST by detective

Not long ago, U.S. jets and Shia militias worked together to battle ISIS. Today, those militias are trying to take down American proxies in Syria.

Iraqi militias who once fought ISIS with U.S. help are now working with Russian and Iranian forces to crush American-backed rebels in the strategic Syrian city of Aleppo, two defense officials have told The Daily Beast.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Syria
KEYWORDS: isis; obama; obamaisis; syriawar
More evidence of the total failure of the Obama administration policy in the middle east
1 posted on 02/12/2016 8:15:23 AM PST by detective
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The Saudi and Turks were waging proxy war on Assad using ISIS and anyone else. they don’t care. The USA/Obama is supporting this effort


2 posted on 02/12/2016 8:17:39 AM PST by PGR88
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“Not long ago, U.S. jets and Shia militias worked together to battle ISIS” or US jets worked with Shiia 12er-backed Iranians to battle Sunni ISIS, in order to be among the first to trigger a world war.


3 posted on 02/12/2016 8:22:11 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Obama’s people are getting their butts kicked so they’re using the Dems Favorite ,”Humanitarian Crisis” to try to save face


4 posted on 02/12/2016 8:39:14 AM PST by butlerweave
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U.S. Allies are defeating Obama’s private army?


5 posted on 02/12/2016 8:40:10 AM PST by abclily
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Pure idiocy in foreign policy.


6 posted on 02/12/2016 8:57:54 AM PST by MarMema
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Moslems are moslems. They are not your friends, even if you are another moslem. At best they may be comrades. In that they are similar to comunists.


7 posted on 02/12/2016 9:37:39 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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The track record of the CIA in covert operations to further American interests is not a good one. If they were a professional sports team, the management would have sent them to the minor leagues a long time ago.


8 posted on 02/12/2016 12:01:29 PM PST by MasterGunner01 ( To err is human, to forgive is not our policy -- SEAL Team SIX)
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Who could not see this coming. Hopefully when Americans end up fighting Americans, one of the sides will surrender while crying.


9 posted on 02/12/2016 12:16:28 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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U.S. Allies are defeating Obama's private army?

Obama is Sheriff Bart...


10 posted on 02/17/2016 2:05:48 PM PST by Magnum44 (I dissent)
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