Amnesty Report: ISIS Armed With U.S. Weapons

[Purveyor]

Source: CNN

By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 10:24 AM ET, Wed December 9, 2015

(CNN)A new report from a prominent human rights group has found that ISIS has built a substantial arsenal, including U.S.-made weapons obtained from the Iraqi army and Syrian opposition groups.

Amnesty International's 44-page report, released late Monday, found that much of ISIS' equipment and munitions comes from stockpiles captured from the U.S.-allied Iraqi military and Syrian rebels.

The findings come as President Barack Obama has recommitted to leaning on regional forces, including the Iraqis, Kurds and Syrian opposition, to try to wipe out ISIS rather than committing significant numbers of U.S. ground troops.

"The strategy that we are using now -- airstrikes, (U.S.) Special Forces and working with local forces who are fighting to regain control of their own country -- that is how we'll achieve a more sustainable victory," Obama said in a speech Sunday. "And it won't require us sending a new generation of Americans overseas to fight and die for another decade on foreign soil."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/amnesty-international-isis-weapons-u-s-/

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ISIS show off TANKS and devastating hi-tech weapons looted from Iraqi army and bought from West

14:09, 9 DEC 2015 UPDATED 16:04, 9 DEC 2015
BY SAM WEBB

ISIS propagandists have released pictures of the sophisticated and devastating weapons it wields as part of its campaign of terror across the Middle East - including heavy TANKS.

The militants showed off their military power as part of their slick PR campaign - but fail to mention they rarely use their armoured vehicles because they are an easy target for the warplanes of Russia, America, Britain and France.

They were featured on Terrormonitor's Twitter feed and were reportedly taken during fighting at Deir Ezzor military airport.

Britain, France, Russia and the United States provided most of the weapons being used by ISIS to carry out appalling war crimes, a new report claims.

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/isis-show-tanks-devastating-hi-6981636

[elias49]

1. Made in the USA!!

Gotta love the irony.

[El Supremo]

2. Yup...

[951-Riverside]

3. Duh!

Traitor McCain is a big fan of arming them.

They also have American vehicles too...

[Abouttime]

4. Reagan and Bush1 created al qaeda

Baby bush created Isis.
Obama and Hillary are left to clean up the mess.

[truedelphi]

6. If the reports about her SOS activities are true, then she helped create the mess also. n/t

[rockfordfile]

5. not surprised.

[PSPS]

7. We give arms to the "moderate rebels" called Al-Nusra, who then gives them to ISIS.

Al-Nusra is essentially the procurement department.

[Sunlei]

8. don't forget the pallets of cash bush sent, IS pays people with cash our worse president sent over.

IS probably uses computers, laptops we left to IRAQ, all the uniforms, MREs, tents and supplies.

Can we cut the DOD budget in half please? They over spent trillions handing over Americans Federal dollars to the war profiteers.

They're buying billion dollar blimps with cameras and million dollar toy planes with cameras now, who knows when that junk will end up in some terrorists hands.

[Historic NY]

9. No shit, they had the stuff the first day the Iraqis ran away...

another reason to bomb the shit out of the stuff seen behind the lines....along with those damn Toyota's pickups.

Its time to degrade them for a change.

[billhicks76]

10. Duh. War A Scam To Enrich Contractors

Anyone advocating it is in on the racket. Hillary anyone? How can people be so stupid to believe what hawkish politicians say???

[Doctor_J]

11. least surprising news of the day

The rich back both sides in every war. They pay crooked politicians like Mrs Clinton to sell the wars to witless masses, and we end up with no money for healthcare, schools, and roads. Sickening

[MyNameGoesHere]

12. We have to keep those well regulated militias armed

don't you know.