<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style=""><span style="font-style: italic;">(and mostly funded by Saudi Arabia, Israel)</span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/reports-u-s-trained-isis-fighters-jordan" class="" style="">Reports: U.S. trained ISIS fighters in Jordan</a><br class="" style=""></div><div style="width: 450px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0"><table class="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;"><tbody class=""
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Jordanian officials," <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/officials-u-s-trained-isis-at-secret-base-in-jordan/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" class="">WND</a> reported Tuesday that members of the Islamic State of <a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/iraq" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none;">Iraq</a> and the Levant, or <a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/isis" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none;">ISIS</a>, were trained by U.S. instructors at a secret base in<a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/jordan" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none;">Jordan</a>. According to the report, the training was conducted in 2012 and was intended to help ISIS fight the Assad regime.</div><div
style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The officials said those receiving training were vetted for links to extremist groups like al-Qaeda.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">WND first reported the training in February 2012. Since then, other media outlets have corroborated those reports. In March 2013, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/10/us-syria-crisis-rebels-usa-idUSBRE9290FI20130310" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" class="">Reuters</a>, citing Der Spiegel, said that some 200
men had received training. The goal was to train about 1,200 fighters of the "Free Syrian Army."</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Those reports did not specify if the instructors were military or civilian, but some reportedly wore uniforms. The training, Reuters added, focused on the use of anti-tank weaponry. It is also unclear how many of those trained are now fighting in Iraq.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">According to Reuters, the UK Guardian also reported the training, adding that British and French instructors participated in the U.S.-led effort. The Guardian, Reuters
said, cited unnamed Jordanian security sources, who were also reportedly involved in the program, hoping to "prevent Salafists (radical Islamists) crossing from their own country into Syria and then returning later to stir up trouble in Jordan itself."</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">A Defense Department spokesman declined to comment on Der Spiegel's report, Reuters added. France and Britain have also refused to comment on the report.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">WND said Jordanian officials spoke to them out of concerns the sectarian violence in Iraq could spill over
into Jordan.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">"ISIS previously posted a video on YouTube threatening to move on Jordan and “slaughter” King Abdullah, whom they view as an enemy of Islam," Aaron Klein said.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">A Shiite source in contact with a highly-placed official in the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reportedly called Obama an "accomplice" in the attacks against the Maliki government and told WND that one training camp is in the vicinity of Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, where U.S. military personnel are
stationed.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Another <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/06/video-obama-administration-secretly-delivers-65000-mres-to-aleppo-sunni-rebels/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" class="">report</a> says the Obama administration delivered about 65,000 ready-to-eat meals, or MREs, to Sunni rebels in Aleppo, Syria. Additionally, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-rules-out-iraq-airstrikes-for-now-1403050875" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" class="">Wall Street Journal</a> reported Tuesday that Obama has
ruled out immediate air strikes against ISIS in Iraq. The reason, WSJ said, is lack of intelligence on the ground in Iraq.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Obama is set to meet with GOP and Democratic leaders Wednesday to brief them on what is being called a "comprehensive approach" to the situation in Iraq.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">“What the president is focused on is a comprehensive strategy, not just a quick military response,” said one senior administration official. “While there may potentially be a military component to it, it’s a much broader
effort.”</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625rem; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, ISIS is <a href="http://weaselzippers.us/190304-isis-battles-iraqi-military-on-outskirts-of-baghdad/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" class="">reportedly</a> battling Iraqi military forces on the outskirts of Baghdad.</div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>