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US-trained Division 30 rebels 'betrayed US and hand weapons over to al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria' Pentagon-trained rebels are reported to have betrayed US and handed weapons over to Jabhat al-Nusra immediately after entering Syria Telegraph.co.uk | 22 Sep 2015 Pentagon-trained rebels in Syria are reported to have betrayed their American backers and handed their weapons over to al-Qaeda in Syria immediately after re-entering the country. Fighters with Division 30, the “moderate” rebel division favoured by the United States, surrendered to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, a raft of sources claimed on Monday night. Division 30 was the first faction whose fighters...

The Obama Administration repeatedly assured us that they were working with “vetted moderates” in Syria. Obviously they have no idea how actually to do such vetting, or were never sincere about attempting to do so in the first place.“US-trained Division 30 rebels ‘betrayed US and hand weapons over to al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria,'” by Nabih Bulos, Telegraph, September 22, 2015: Pentagon-trained rebels in Syria are reported to have betrayed their American backers and handed their weapons over to al-Qaeda in Syria immediately after re-entering the country.Fighters with Division 30, the “moderate” rebel division favoured by the United States, surrendered to...

CBS/AP/August 16, 2015, 8:20 AM Al Qaeda releases abducted U.S.-backed Syrian rebels ....The Nusra Front said at the time it abducted the rebels because they were trained by the U.S. It was also around the time of the announcement by the U.S. and Turkey about their joint effort that the al Qaeda affiliate said they would be withdrawing from the northern border region. The Division 30 statement described Nusra Front fighters as "brothers" and thanked them for the release, saying, "We value this noble step." It said Division 30 is on the "same page with all holy warriors in Syria."..................

BAGHDAD — The commander of a group of Syrian fighters trained by the United States has been kidnapped by Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, his group said in a statement Thursday. The commander, Nadeem Hassan, and seven of his fighters were taken by the Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State in Syria, as they were returning from a meeting in Turkey. A contingent of 54 fighters from Mr. Hassan’s group, known as Division 30, are the only ones who have graduated from a Pentagon program to train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State in Syria. One the...