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In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA
latimes.com ^ | 3/27/2016 | Nabih Bulos , W.J. Hennigan and Brian Bennett

Posted on 03/27/2016 11:15:45 PM PDT by Trumpinator

Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and trained in the bitter five-year-old civil war.

The fighting has intensified over the last two months, as CIA-armed units and Pentagon-armed ones have repeatedly shot at each other while maneuvering through contested territory on the northern outskirts of Aleppo, U.S. officials and rebel leaders have confirmed.

In mid-February, a CIA-armed militia called Fursan al Haq, or Knights of Righteousness, was run out of the town of Marea, about 20 miles north of Aleppo, by Pentagon-backed Syrian Democratic Forces moving in from Kurdish-controlled areas to the east.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cia; pentagon; syria; trump
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It looks like the Pentagon armed non Islamist "good" Syrian rebels (aka Kurds) while the CIA armed Islamist insurgents (the name "Knights of Righteousness" is a tip off).
1 posted on 03/27/2016 11:15:46 PM PDT by Trumpinator
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To: Trumpinator

What an obamafied mess!


2 posted on 03/27/2016 11:17:35 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Trumpinator

The US government has become a cluster duck.


3 posted on 03/27/2016 11:19:41 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Trumpinator

Keep it in the family.


4 posted on 03/27/2016 11:43:52 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: Trumpinator

ISIS/Al Nuzera/Al-Qaeda all one in the same.

Anyhow the Pentagon and CIA have been arming Saudi Arabia that have been funding and arming these three radical groups against Syria, Russia, Iraq, the Kurds and Iran.

Turkey has been helping the bad guys too.


5 posted on 03/27/2016 11:46:46 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Trumpinator

6 posted on 03/27/2016 11:52:20 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: Trumpinator

O has destroyed countries and phuq*ed up millions of peoples’ lives (and slaughtered tens of thousands of people, at the very least

all this weakens USA too


7 posted on 03/27/2016 11:56:20 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: Dalberg-Acton

It’s a flustered cluck.


8 posted on 03/27/2016 11:59:20 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Trumpinator

Surprise, surprise, its the Obama circle jerk!

Obama is trying to do the same thing domestically. Divide America and eventually kill off all patriotic Americans so that America can be run by Beau Bergdals.

Solution: Get rid of Obama and all of his running dogs.Banish the idjits completely and forever.


9 posted on 03/28/2016 12:04:04 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: onedoug

Fun fun fun! (I was going to type “aw Shittt!!!!l” but O’Caesar is laughing, vacationing, dancing, singing, and golfing so we know -all’s well!” ( please see tag line)


10 posted on 03/28/2016 12:05:36 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: Trumpinator

Sounds like it’s safe for Hussein to fly the “Mission Accomplished” banner.


11 posted on 03/28/2016 12:13:04 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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all you have todo is look at the fact that the CIA chief is a Muslim convert. the guy needs to be removed because his loyalty is questionable.


12 posted on 03/28/2016 12:16:25 AM PDT by PCPOET7 ( TH)
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13 posted on 03/28/2016 12:41:06 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Trumpinator
SNAFU under the ObucketOshiite administration.

Hey and what do you expect from a Goat Humping Half Breed Inbred Muslim that eats dogs? Results? SiriuslY?

14 posted on 03/28/2016 1:23:49 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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anyone remember Bananas?

Soldiers flying in to ‘San Marcos’ during a revolution:
“The CIA isn’t taking any chances this time, some of us are for it, some of us are against it”


15 posted on 03/28/2016 2:04:22 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod (I have five dollars for each of you)
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To: Trumpinator

The Military Industrial Complex Ike warned us about.

Pumping out arms for both sides of a conflict.


16 posted on 03/28/2016 2:59:43 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Noah: 'When the animals began to pair up by specie and stand in line, I really took notice.')
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To: Trumpinator
The DCI John O. Brennan, is a shake and bake Muslim, source, who converted while stationed in Saudi Arabia. I'm rooting for the Pentagon team in this one.
17 posted on 03/28/2016 3:12:12 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: faithhopecharity

But he did “earn” the Nobel Peace Prize.


18 posted on 03/28/2016 3:25:44 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I think it would be ironic if Hillary was arrested the day after she secures the nomination.)
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To: Trumpinator

Tax dollars at work


19 posted on 03/28/2016 3:44:56 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Yes thanks. Obama , carter, arafat, gore, Obama — all -————if there’s ever been a more discredited prize, I haven’t heard of it.


20 posted on 03/28/2016 3:59:35 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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