Posted on 05/27/2014 6:10:26 PM PDT by mandaladon
At a secret base in Qatar, the US military is training rebels to raid Syrian government troops and vehicles, as well as to “finish off the soldiers still alive after an ambush,” first-hand interviews in a Frontline documentary have revealed.
The documentary, scheduled to air Tuesday night on PBS stations, offers rare insight into how Washington is fostering the armed insurgency against Syrian President Bashar Assad.
It features interviews by journalist Muhammad Ali with Syrian rebels presented as members of a “moderate faction” who describe a clandestine meeting with their “American handlers” in Turkey, along with the receiving of weapons and ammunition and the subsequent travel to Qatar for training.
At a Qatar base, said to be on the border with Saudi Arabia, the rebels allegedly received three weeks of training in the use of sophisticated weapons and fighting techniques, and also received new uniforms and boots.
“They trained us to ambush regime or enemy vehicles and cut off the road,” a fighter identified only as 'Hussein' told Ali.
“They also trained us on how to attack a vehicle, raid it, retrieve information or weapons and munitions, and how to finish off soldiers still alive after an ambush,” the masked rebel said.
(Excerpt) Read more at rt.com ...
Present tense: "the enemy is conducting an ambush" -- well then -- kill the enemy.
Past tense: "finish off soldiers still alive after an ambush” -- that's a war crime.
The GOPe has the power to stop him but the leadership doesn't have the balls for the fight.
This is an American site, not a telling lies about America site.
You are unbelievably gullible.
And another gullible acolyte of Russia Today.
You take the word of Russia Today as gospel? Really? You despise America so much that you will believe any lie told about Americans?
Ah, someone who has a functioning brain. Thanks Nachum.
I applaud your critical thinking.
The fact we’re aligning with al-Qaeda in this civil war makes me sick. If Americans would pull their empty heads out of their masses and pay attention, they’d perhaps get involved and pressure their reps an Senators to stand against it. But... Americans.
Correct. That’s exactly how someone who understands warfare thinks.
You have become a tool of Putin’s propaganda machine. Smarten up, CCG. You’re better than this.
Lol...the documentary was produced by and broadcast on American public television.
“Russia Today” propaganda notwithstanding, what IS known is that the American is lining up with terrorists in the Syrian civil war.
“They will use that vicious, inhumane treatment on US!
We are teaching war crimes”
Hussein Obama is a war criminal!
As compared to msnbc.
*the American government is lining up with..
Russian propaganda.
yes..against the Geneva convention. What the heck!
Theoria is correct, some units do have to finish off the wounded.
Russia Today.
This is Russian propaganda.
Total bunk.
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