Turkey tipped al Qaida group to U.S.-trained fighters

[twomp]

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY
The kidnapping of a group of U.S.-trained moderate Syrians moments after they entered Syria last month to confront the Islamic State was orchestrated by Turkish intelligence, multiple rebel sources have told McClatchy.

The rebels say that the tipoff to al Qaida’s Nusra Front enabled Nusra to snatch many of the 54 graduates of the $500 million program on July 29 as soon as they entered Syria, dealing a humiliating blow to the Obama administration’s plans for confronting the Islamic State.

Rebels familiar with the events said they believe the arrival plans were leaked because Turkish officials were worried that while the group’s intended target was the Islamic State, the U.S.-trained Syrians would form a vanguard for attacking Islamist fighters that Turkey is close to, including Nusra and another major Islamist force, Ahrar al Sham.

A senior official at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity, declined to respond to questions about the incident, saying any discussion of Turkey’s relationship with Nusra was off limits.

Other Turkish officials acknowledged the likely accuracy of the claims, though none was willing to discuss the topic for attribution. One official from southern Turkey said the arrival plans for the graduates of the so-called train-and-equip program were leaked to Nusra in hopes the rapid disintegration of the program would push the Americans into expanding the training and arming of rebel groups focused on toppling the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/middle-east/article32206167.html

 

[vita3]

F these guys.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Turkey tipped al Qaida group to U.S.-trained fighters

Did you mean U.S.-tarined Islamic Jihadis that were supported by likes of McCain?

 

[puppetmaster]

turkey is not a friend.....hell none of those shithole countries are. we need to let them burn on their own and let the thieves ruin themselves.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

turkey is not a friend.....hell none of those shithole countries are. we need to let them burn on their own and let the thieves ruin themselves.

Their mission in this is to ruin the Kurds' chances for their own homeland. Apart from that Turkey doesn't care and they will use/ask/demand NATO to back them up if shit hits the fan. They are using Western countries' weakness for trying to control problems in the world as a means to solve their own. With some success I might add..

 

[Occam's Banana]

I'ma wait until John McCain tells us what to think and do about this ...

 

[vita3]

Turks also had their hand in 911. Guy who ran FBI translation unit was Turk @ feed our agents crap. All Islamic translations went thru them (Sibel Edmonds)

 

[vita3]

Denny Hastert ex- GOP House Leader protected Turkey during his reign & $$ directly lobbied for them after Congress. That traitor behavior aside..

He is now facing child molestation charges. What a man.

Wonder who is currently Turkey's
Main Protector?

 

[twomp]

Denny Hastert ex- GOP House Leader protected Turkey during his reign & $$ directly lobbied for them after Congress. That traitor behavior aside..

He is now facing child molestation charges. What a man.

Wonder who is currently Turkey's
Main Protector?

I would say Turkey's main protector is the United States government.