Posted on 03/03/2015 11:00:47 AM PST by tcrlaf
Two days after the disbandment of the second U.S. backed “moderate” rebel militia in six months, the Syrian Al-Qaeda branch “Jabhat Al-Nusra” (Al-Nusra Front) seized a large cache of TOW (wire-guided anti-tank) missiles inside Regiment 46 Base in southwestern Aleppo after defeating Harakat Hazzm (Movement of Steadfastness) in a short battle.
Images of Jabhat Al-Nusra fighters with the U.S. supplied TOW missiles surfaced on Monday morning, as they paraded around the captured Regiment 46 Base, posing for pictures in front of boxes with the U.S.’ insignia.
The growing fear of hardline Islamist groups getting ahold of these potent weapons has now become a reality for the hesitant western politicians, who questioned the distribution of these arms to militias affiliated with the likes of Al-Qaeda in Syria.
For Jabhat Al-Nusra, the confiscation of these powerful weapons will pay dividends for their fighters entrenched in rural areas that are swarmed with Syrian Arab Army (SAA) armored divisions; however, at what cost?
It is not clear how many TOW missiles the militants of Jabhat Al-Nusra were able to seize, but their photos depicted dozens of boxes in their possession.
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MANPADS....??
He should have left them OBAMACARE!
We’re so screwed.
Maybe we are slyly arming both AQ and IS so that they will destroy each other. Maybe. Maybe pigs will, indeed fly in the New Moslem World Order.
It IS a victory for Obama because he meant for them to have the weapons all along.
Mortars and ATGM TOWs.
They SAY.
THIS time.
...but impeachment is off the table...
Thanks Juan, job well done - signed, your favorite jihadis.
McCain’s Syrian friends?
Obama is a master of deceit. How clever. He trains and supplies the rebel groups with full knowledge they will switch sides as soon as they collect all they want. Then switch sides giving the bad guys all the equipment. How clever. He is, indeed, smarter than I thought - brilliant move on hos part. How many of our troops will be killed with the Obama supplied weapons?
is it really ‘siezing’ when you pickup a planned delivery?
just remember these ‘unexpected siezures’ when your loved one is injured due to these weapons
and yes, if you’re wondering, this is yet another example of aiding and abetting the enemy
(we use to call it ‘treason’, but that’s too old fashion these days)
So they found the drop zone?
Obama was worried they had not gotten the message.
Let's fix this.
Al-Qaeda Militants Seize U.S. Supplied Weapons WE DELIBERATELY LEFT FOR THEM in Aleppo
This current administration and the dope Repub go-alongs are insane.
Not quite so fast;
The first picture of the box is an old US Aid box, designed for food and emergency supplies, not ammunition or war supplies.
And as for the TOW rockets in the second picture, they ain’t. Those look like air dropped munitions, definitely not tube launched TOWs.
And the rest of the pictures are ammunition and weapon boxes which are ubiquitous everywhere. Open them up and I might believe.
This is more a media event then an actual seizure.
You nailed it!
I guess the controlled media has to keep coming up with excuses on why Al-Qaeda/ISIS has our weapons?
Things are going as the usurper planned.
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