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<h2><big><big><big>How the US is Arming Both Sides of the Iraqi
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<div class="author"><big><big><big>By <a
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title="Posts by Tyler Durden">Tyler Durden</a></big></big></big></div>
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<div class="grDate"><big><big><big>Global Research, June 13,
2014</big></big></big></div>
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<div class="sourceDate"><big><big><big> <a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-12/how-us-arming-both-sides-iraqi-conflict"
target="_blank">Zero Hedge</a> 12 June 2014</big></big></big></div>
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<div class="cats"><big><big><big>Region: <a
href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/region/middle-east"
rel="tag">Middle East & North Africa</a>, <a
href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/region/usa"
rel="tag">USA</a></big></big></big></div>
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<div class="cats"><big><big><big>Theme: <a
href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/theme/9-11-war-on-terrorism"
rel="tag">9/11 & 'War on Terrorism'</a>, <a
href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/theme/militarization-and-wmd"
rel="tag">Militarization and WMD</a></big></big></big></div>
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<div class="cats"><big><big><big>In-depth Report: <a
href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/indepthreport/iraq-report"
rel="tag">IRAQ REPORT</a></big></big></big></div>
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src="cid:part14.09090002.07010903@comcast.net"
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<p><big><big><big><em>Recall a week ago we wrote “<a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-04/us-begins-delivering-f-16s-iraq-week-decade-after-it-wiped-out-its-air-force"
onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-04/us-begins-delivering-f-16s-iraq-week-decade-after-it-wiped-out-its-air-force']);">US
Begins Delivering F-16s To Iraq This Week, A Decade
After It Wiped Out Iraq’s Air Force</a>” in which we
said:</em></big></big></big></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><big><big><big>… 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.</big></big></big></p>
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<p><big><big><big>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…</big></big></big></p>
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<p><big><big><big>… the reality is that it has. From: “<a
href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-28/someone-lying-obama-says-not-arming-syrian-rebels-yet-syrian-rebels-disagree"
onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-28/someone-lying-obama-says-not-arming-syrian-rebels-yet-syrian-rebels-disagree']);">Obama
Says Not Arming Syrian Rebels, Syrian Rebels Say He Is</a>”</big></big></big></p>
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<p><big><big><big>… 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.”</big></big></big></p>
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<p><big><big><big>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.</big></big></big></p>
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<p><big><big><big>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.</big></big></big></p>
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<p><big><big><big>Collateral damage? Millions of innocent people
on the ground in Syria and Iraq, and everywhere else
too.</big></big></big></p>
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