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Related: About this forum"The Covert Origins of ISIS"
I found this video informative....I'm a bit behind this summer after a
move in early July. I think now I have a better idea of who/what ISIS is.
This video is from the youtube channel "Storm Clouds Gathering".
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/syria-arming-the-rebels/
REBEL COMMANDER: [through interpreter] They asked for a group of 80 or 90 fighters from our command, and we headed towards the Turkish border.
NARRATOR: Based on their accounts, we retraced their journey across the border into Turkey. After a 14-hour drive, they say they arrived in the Turkish capital of Ankara and were brought to a hotel. They were kept inside and questioned by Americans, who would only say they were from the military. But the rebels believed they were from the CIA.
REBEL COMMANDER: [through interpreter] We met them for six to seven hours a day. It was medical examinations, questions for each person individually, like, When did you join the uprising? And What was your profession or military rank?
They had tracked our work and asked us to verify information about attacks we carried out, such as who was present and how many men were martyred. Your responses have to match the entire groups.
NARRATOR: A week later, the rebels say they were surprised by what happened next.
REBEL COMMANDER: [through interpreter] We only found out where we were going to be trained on the last day in Ankara, when the Americans said goodbye and that, Tomorrow, well see you in Qatar.
NARRATOR: They were flown 1,500 miles away to Doha, the capital of Qatar, which is a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf.
REBEL COMMANDER: [through interpreter] We drove for about two, two-and-a-half hours to reach the training ground. It was close to the Saudi border. We didnt know where we were because it was desert all around.
NARRATOR: Over the course of three weeks, they say they were trained by Americans at a base in the desert guarded by Qatari soldiers. Like many of the rebels who were sent to Qatar, 21-year-old Hussein had never had any previous military training.
HUSSEIN: [through interpreter] They trained us to ambush regime or enemy vehicles and cut off the road. 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.
NARRATOR: The rebels were outfitted with brand-new uniforms and boots.
MUHAMMAD ALI: [subtitles] Those trousers are from them, right?
HUSSEIN: [subtitles] Yeah. We got these boots in training.
MUHAMMAD ALI: The Americans were warning the fighters not to tell this story at all. And even at one point, they told them, If in any case this story will be published, we will stop funding you or arming you.
NARRATOR: The CIA and the State Department declined to comment on the fighters accounts of arming and training, though the Obama administration has said it plans to step up support to the rebels, and there have been other reports the CIA is running covert training out of Jordan.
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snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Archae
(46,351 posts)It's not from this paranoid schizophrenic at "Storm Clouds Gathering."
He's a tinfoil-hat nutcase.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... what's your story on ISIS?
reorg
(3,317 posts)in this report. Every single claim is supported by well-established sources.
The speculative part, that there is a certain purpose behind arming jihadists, is based on the assumption that those responsible for this are not completely incompetent and stupid. Are you saying you disagree?
imthevicar
(811 posts)Difficult to Prove! Remember he puts all his sources on his videos.
Archae
(46,351 posts)"...what you haven't been told..."
We have been told, and we don't believe all the doomsday predictions and wild conspiracy theories.
At least "We" being those who actually have the *GALL* to ask for evidence.
Can't have THAT in tinfoil-hatland, can we?
imthevicar
(811 posts)Talk Is Cheep. SCG backs up his talk/Videos with documentation. I've seen him apologize and reissue corrected videos. I trust his judgement more than yours. Your libel is the tools of an Oligarchy wet dream. I see complaint after Complaint about MSM on this site with Nary a peep except when it upsets someones paradigm, today it was yours. END OF LINE!
wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)do you have a mouse in your pocket?
reorg
(3,317 posts)they did it on other topics, too.
dotymed
(5,610 posts)Bernie Sanders is going to run for president.
If we all support and vote for him, America will be set on it's correct path...for and by the people.
If he has Warren or someone as Progressive as his V.P., the CIA or the MIC will have to kill them both. If they are that brazen, Americans will revolt.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)highmindedhavi
(355 posts)Both sides have fooled us. Damn!
reorg
(3,317 posts)plus their latest video
Does anybody know who the comedian is at the end, who starts his speech with
"I frankly think that crisis initiation is really tough ..."