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HOW THE US IS ARMING BOTH SIDES OF THE IRAQI CONFLICT
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*by* *ZERO HEDGE*
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| JUNE 13, 2014
Recall a week ago we wrote “US Begins Delivering F-16s To Iraq This Week, A
Decade After It Wiped Out Iraq’s Air Force
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in which we said:
… *the US will deliver the first of 36 F-16 fighter jets to Iraq in what
Baghdad’s envoy to the United States called a “new chapter” in his
country’s ability to defend its vast borders with Iran and other neighbors*.
….*the US earlier in March provided Iraq with some 100 Hellfire missiles as
well as assault rifles and other ammunition. Then in April the US sent more
arms, providing Iraq with 11 million rounds of ammunition and other
supplies.*
It is unknown how many of these have fallen into Al Qaeda/ISIS hands (we do
know that at least one Iraqi Black Hawk chopper was captured during the
rush for Mosul). What is known is that as PBS Frontline reported two weeks
ago, while the administration has denied arming Syrian “rebels”, i.e. the
same ISIS militants that have crossed the border and are now fighting in
Iraq…
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… the reality is that it has. From: “Obama Says Not Arming Syrian Rebels,
Syrian Rebels Say He Is
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… *the Syrian rebels themselves say they are already armed and trained by
US in the use of sophisticated weapons and fighting techniques, including,
one rebel said, “how to finish off soldiers still alive after an ambush.” *The
interviews are the latest evidence that after more than three years of
warfare, the United States has stepped up the provision of lethal aid to
the rebels, as PBS notes “*it appears the Obama administration is allowing
select groups of rebels to receive US-made anti-tank missiles.”*
The commander of the unit also told Ali that their American contacts had
asked him to bring 80 to 90 members of his unit to Ankara for training.
*One of the fighters said they received three weeks of training in how to
conduct ambushes, conduct raids and use their weapons. They also said they
received new uniforms and boots.*
“They trained us to ambush regime or enemy vehicles and cut off the road,”
said the fighter, who is identified only as “Hussein.” “They also trained
us on how to attack a vehicle, raid it, retrieve information or weapons and
munitions, and how to finish off soldiers still alive after an ambush.”
To summarize: the US was arming and training the same Al Qaeda/ISIS groups
of Jihadists, that it concurrently gave Iraq weapons to fight. And since
the Iraq army has so far proven utterly incapable of any resistance, *it is
now up to US drones to “fight” the same “rebels” that the US itself was
collaborating with until a month or so ago.*
The clear winner here? The US military-industrial complex, of course, as
well as the banks who lend money to the governments to fight wars provoked
by various “developed nation” spy agencies.
Collateral damage? Millions of innocent people on the ground in Syria and
Iraq, and everywhere else too.
Received on Sat Jun 14 2014 - 13:41:13 EDT
