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(Throughout the article, the authors casually use the term "Syrian rebels" to refer to the recipients of this program, the article makes clear that the main recipient is the SDF, for the fight against ISIS, along with a few ex-rebel US-proxy groups who signed on to *not* rebel against Assad and instead to only fight ISIS) The Pentagon’s $2.2 Billion Soviet Arms Pipeline Flooding Syria The Pentagon is on a spending spree as it scrabbles to amass vast quantities of Soviet-style weapons and ammunition. But it’s running into problems sourcing them, and is using misleading legal documents to disguise their final destination: Syria. Ivan Angelovski, Lawrence Marzouk BIRN Washington, Belgrade The defeat of Islamic State in Syria is reliant on a questionable supply-line, funnelling unprecedented quantities of weapons and ammunition from Eastern Europe to some 30,000 anti-ISIS rebel fighters. Armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades fresh from state-owned production lines and stockpiles of the Balkans, Central Europe and increasingly the former Soviet Union, these US-backed troops are spearheading the battle to reclaim Raqqa, the capital of the so-called caliphate, and liberate other areas of Syria held by ISIS Full: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/the-pentagon-s-2-2-billion-soviet-arms-pipeline-flooding-syria-09-12-2017 _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
