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| IS fighters 'using US arms in Syria' |
| 2014-09-09 |
| [ARABNEWS] Islamic State (IS) jihadis appear to be using captured US military issue arms and weapons supplied to moderate rebels in Syria, according to a report published Monday. The study by the London-based small-arms research organization Conflict Armament Research documented weapons seized by Kurdish forces from gunnies in Iraq and Syria over a 10-day period in July. The report said the jihadis disposed of "significant quantities" of US-made small arms including M-16 assault rifles and included photos showing the markings "Property of US Govt." It also found that anti-tank rockets used by IS in Syria were "identical to M79 rockets transferred to forces operating under the (rebel) Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... umbrella in 2013." The rockets were made in the then Yugoslavia in the 1980s. In neighboring Iraq, IS jihadists seized significant quantities of US equipment from the Iraqi army when soldiers abandoned positions in northern areas when faced with a hard boy offensive in June. The group captured a number of American-made Humvee armored vehicles, which are now being targeted in US air strikes, and has reportedly used them in suicide kabooms against Iraqi forces on at least two occasions. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible... Islamic State fighters attacked a riverside town north of Baghdad on Monday with gunboats and a boom-mobile, killing 17 people and wounding 54, a security source said. The source said the attack on Dhuluiya, around 70 km from the capital, was carried out before dawn and continued for two hours before the gunnies were pushed back. Separately, the Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... on Monday accused warring militias in Libya of committing violations that amount to war crimes during a battle the past month for control over the capital's airport. The five weeks of fighting over Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... 's airport, along with a parallel battle between militias in Libya's second largest city Benghazi, drove some 100,000 Libyans from their homes and prompted 150,000 foreigners to flee the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Texas is big. That's just an echo, ed. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-09-09 12:28 |
| #3 Dang it! |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-09 08:11 |
| #2 Not surprising, as our illustrious government set them up. It's what the Ambassador that got killed in Benghazi was doing, i.e. recruiting for a 'local' force to arm to overthrow Assad. Or did you wonder how all those Tunisians got to Syria? (Maybe they told them they were going to Tripoli, and didn't say which one.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-09 08:10 |
| #1 Not surprising, as our illustrious government set them up. It's what the Ambassador that got killed in Benghazi was doing, i.e. recruiting for a 'local' force to arm to overthrow Assad. Or did you wonder how all those Tunisians got to Syria? (Maybe they told them they were going to Tripoli, and didn't say which one.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-09 08:10 |