The ISIL terrorist group, which is operating in
Syria and Iraq, is using weapons provided by
the United States, an American peace activist
says.
Don DeBar, an anti-war activist and radio host
in New York, made the remarks in a phone
interview with Press TV on Saturday, a day after
US President Barack Obama said Washington is
assembling a broad international coalition with
the goal to "snuff out" ISIL terrorists from Syria
and Iraq.
The ISIL militants, who were initially trained by
the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize 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 chopping 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 arms 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.”
This week, Obama authorized US airstrikes
against ISIL terrorists in Syria. The US has
already conducted dozens of airstrikes against
ISIL targets in neighboring Iraq.
“President Obama, the other night, essentially
announced that he would be the fourth
president in a row to conduct war on Iraq,
beginning with the George Bush the first in
1991, Bill Clinton for his entire term, George
Bush the second in the early 2003, and now this
commencement of another war on Iraq,” DeBar
noted.
Syria and Iraq, is using weapons provided by
the United States, an American peace activist
says.
Don DeBar, an anti-war activist and radio host
in New York, made the remarks in a phone
interview with Press TV on Saturday, a day after
US President Barack Obama said Washington is
assembling a broad international coalition with
the goal to "snuff out" ISIL terrorists from Syria
and Iraq.
The ISIL militants, who were initially trained by
the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize 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 chopping incident
couple of weeks
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 arms 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.”
This week, Obama authorized US airstrikes
against ISIL terrorists in Syria. The US has
already conducted dozens of airstrikes against
ISIL targets in neighboring Iraq.
“President Obama, the other night, essentially
announced that he would be the fourth
president in a row to conduct war on Iraq,
beginning with the George Bush the first in
1991, Bill Clinton for his entire term, George
Bush the second in the early 2003, and now this
commencement of another war on Iraq,” DeBar
noted.
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