Posted on 05/01/2015 8:30:23 PM PDT by markomalley
About 123 U.S. soldiers arrived in Turkey to train moderate Syrian rebels, bringing with them weapons which are being transferred to İncirlik Airbase in the southern province of Adana, Hurriyet Daily News reported Friday.
The daily said 83 of the U.S. soldiers were deployed at İncirlik Airbase and 40 others were transferred to the Hirfanlı base in the Central Anatolian province of Kırşehir.
Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said that Syrians who will be trained at Hirfanlı are expected to be transferred to the southern province of Hatay where they will briefed on the use of arms, including anti-tank weapons, infantry rifles and machine guns, before travelling to Syria to join the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
At İncirlik, a special group of U.S. personnel has also been tasked with equipping Syrians.
The U.S. was able to use Incirlik after intense negotiations between Ankara and Washington.
Turkey was long criticized for being reluctant to allow combat operations against ISIS to be staged from Turkish territory.
Moslem terrorists need to be trained in the use of the weapons they got from Benghazi.
...... Well ... Personally ... I never thought it wise or strategically useful for a country to personally train it's enemies how to fight and supply them with the latest weaponry. But apparently that's the cool, hip and trendy thing to do these days.
... Heck .... I even remember the old days when that would have been considered traitorous ..... jeeeeeez ... were we ever misinformed these past few millennia. Glad we're finally enlightened.
hussein setting up American troops to be murdered by his likewise filthy islamist brethren.
Anyone on the forum have one? Your opinion please.
Amen. They are either AQ or ISIS or some other anti-USA group. It is absurd to see the US borrow money from China to continue with our destabilizing forays in the ME that accomplish nothing for Americans. Our corrupt leaders are always looking out for outsiders instead of we Americans whether it be foreign policy or immigration.
Our government has gone insane.
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