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US assault rifles are being sold on the Telegram messaging app in Syria
Topic Started: Feb 20 2018, 12:52 PM (64 Views)
Eddo26
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/middleeast/us-weapons-telegram-syria-intl/index.html

US-supplied weapons originally intended for moderate allies in Syria have ended up for sale on jihadist online forums in the country's northern al Qaeda heartland.

In a remarkable snapshot of the disastrous outcomes and thwarted ambitions of the West's six-year effort in Syria, an M16 assault rifle -- whose serial number suggests it was originally supplied as part of a US-taxpayer-funded effort to defeat extremists in the region -- was offered to CNN by a resident of the city of Idlib over the encrypted messaging app Telegram.

The vendor claimed the weapon originally belonged to one of the more prominent and costly failures by the US to help Syrian moderate rebels combat ISIS and other extremists. In a Telegram message exchange with CNN posing as a purchaser, the vendor said the weapon came from "Division 30" -- part of an elaborate $41 million dollar effort to train and equip elite rebels to tackle jihadists.
Edited by Eddo26, Feb 20 2018, 12:54 PM.
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It's no surprise when the USA is the world's biggest arms dealer. It's been going on for way too long.
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Obama's "moderate rebels" were major arms suppliers to ISIS...Obama gave Al Qaeda arms directly.............. :oyvey
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Robert Stout
Feb 20 2018, 09:30 PM
Obama's "moderate rebels" were major arms suppliers to ISIS...Obama gave Al Qaeda arms directly..............
The US has been funding Al Qaeda since it existed through Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
Edited by _g R_, Feb 20 2018, 10:37 PM.
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