Posted on 12/10/2017 2:55:17 PM PST by Navy Patriot
The U.S. military allowed thousands of Islamic State militant group (ISIS) fighters to flee from their de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria, in a secret deal that boosted the U.S. fight against the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to a former Pentagon-backed commander, who has since switched his allegiance to Turkey and who spoke to Reuters.
As the spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces, a mostly Kurdish coalition of Arabs and ethnic minorities, Brigadier General Talal Silo acted as the face and the voice of the U.S.’s leading partner against ISIS in Syria. The U.S.-backed group successfully ousted ISIS from Raqqa in October.
Weeks later, in mid-November, Silo handed himself over to Turkey, an enemy of Kurdish efforts in northern Syria. For the first time since his switch, the senior commander has spoken out and claimed that the U.S.-led coalition let significantly more fighters out of the embattled city than it previously admitted to.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
yup - our friends in Washington are duplicitous scum
Ok. Just curious if I was missing something. 8>)
Thank you. I have lots of experience in doing this.
Most of the last 10 years have been spent doing it for sick family members.
No problem, I did not have to read the article. I knew about when it happened because I’ve followed this area for years.
I was not trying to make anyone feel bad, just trying to help with understanding of it.
The story has been bantered about for months.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=isis+allowed+to+leave+raqqa&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Brigadier General Talal Silo corroborates it.
When does the dancing begin ?
or does the U.S. just remain silent ?
Probably fake news. If not, some group is fighting against Iran’s Assad. No problemo either way.
May God bless you for your service.
Don’t swallow this crap - ingesting such has been used as an epithet to cause death in folks....
NewsReek. Take with a grain of salt.
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