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In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA
Los Angeles Times ^ | 27 August 2016

Posted on 08/30/2016 7:47:31 PM PDT by Lorianne

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.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: cia; obamasyria; pentagon; syraq; syria; syriawar
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insanity
1 posted on 08/30/2016 7:47:31 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

obama Mickey Mouse.


2 posted on 08/30/2016 7:52:12 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Lorianne

Another Obama cluster foxtrot.


3 posted on 08/30/2016 7:55:26 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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To: Lorianne

Obama’s War makes F-Troop look like Guadalcanal Diaries...


4 posted on 08/30/2016 8:02:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Lorianne

Muslim on muslim war? Why WOULDN’T we be arming both sides? (Ahem...Iran/Iraq war, anybody?)


5 posted on 08/30/2016 8:05:43 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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To: Lorianne

“insanity” - a.k.a. foreign policy, overt and covert.

The CIA and Pentagon are enemies of the once Free Republic.

They have black budgets and can’t account for trillions of dollars. They kill hundreds of thousands in the name of America.

Looking forward to hearing their screams from Hell.


6 posted on 08/30/2016 8:08:23 PM PDT by Mr. M.J.B.
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To: Lorianne

THAT HEADLINE tells me Democrats are running the country. It’s just that simple. Nothing complex about the situation at all. Democrats are fools, and fools are running the country.


7 posted on 08/30/2016 8:10:22 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Lorianne

analagous to our nation divided at odds with itself over issues supposedly beyond anyone’s control.. and exacerbated by misguided efforts by its own leadership.


8 posted on 08/30/2016 8:17:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: LanaTurnerOverdrive

“Why WOULDN’T we be arming both sides?”

Because both sides behead Christians, rape women and throw fags from the top of buildings?


9 posted on 08/30/2016 8:17:16 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Lorianne

Our country has a sickness. What we are doing in Syria is an atrocity, an ignorance, and a love of war gone wild.


10 posted on 08/30/2016 8:18:55 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: Lorianne

“Knights of Righteousness”

As I walk through this world,
I find nothing can stop the Dukes of Earl


11 posted on 08/30/2016 8:19:12 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Lorianne

This country has gone utterly insane. I don’t recognize anything about this country anymore.


12 posted on 08/30/2016 8:24:17 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Helicondelta

Like that would all go away without US backing. Jihadis killing other Jihadis is a net gain.


13 posted on 08/30/2016 8:24:33 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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To: DesertRhino
Syria was a stable country and the democrats used to love Assad.

Remember this from 2007?

But then the Saudis started to donate millions to the Clinton foundation..

14 posted on 08/30/2016 8:25:42 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Lorianne

Yet another Obama/Hilliary/Kerry success


15 posted on 08/30/2016 8:25:50 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: LanaTurnerOverdrive

“Jihadis killing other Jihadis is a net gain”

No it’s not. It’s a Darwinian death match. The strong will survive and the weak will be slaughtered. Then the strong will consolidate and attack the West.

Millions of Syrian refugees are flowing into Europe and the US as a result of this war.

When the government starts relocating battle hardened refugees in your neighborhood you might have a change of heart.


16 posted on 08/30/2016 8:34:42 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Lorianne

total madness


17 posted on 08/30/2016 8:52:21 PM PDT by WENDLE (Stop all welfare to illegal aliens and they self deport.)
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To: Lorianne

Federal employees caused a cluster?

Democrat Federal employees?

Shocking!


18 posted on 08/30/2016 8:54:35 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Lorianne

Looking sharp America!

19 posted on 08/30/2016 8:54:50 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Lorianne

That can’t be true.

Only Peter Sellers could write that.


20 posted on 08/30/2016 9:10:12 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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