ISIL Using US Arms: American Activist

KABUL: (Middle East Press) The ISIL militant group, which is operating in Syria and Iraq, is using weapons provided by the United States, an American peace activist says.

The ISIL militants, who were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to undermine the Syrian government, control large parts of Syria’s northern territory. ISIL sent its fighters into Iraq in June, quickly seizing large swaths of land straddling the border between the two countries.

According to the White House, the terrorist group recently beheaded American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff in Syria. Foley was reportedly killed last month, and Sotloff was executed early this month.

“The head cutting incident  in the past couple of weeks  of two US journalists has provided enough political support in the estimation of the White House for them to announce that they’re going to conduct airstrikes not against the Syrian government but against this ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State group,” DeBar said.

“What’s not reported in the US media is that most of the weapons in the hands of that group came from the United States as did much of the funding,” he said. “And the situation just conveniently allows the United States to go back into Iraq despite Obama being elected for his claims of opposition to the war on Iraq last time.”