The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels

Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by mengibar10 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:32PM (#15242909)

Absolutely not. Especially support for PKK diminished recently after they sabotaged peace process. During the talks Kurds in southeast of Turkey has seen what it would be like of truce. Unfortunately PKK saw an opportunity in Syria and upped the bargain and started playing hard again. After they killed 2 police officers (in their homes) state went after them like no before.

Evidence, yes. Even Turkish government give serial numbers of captured weapons.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1392863...

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by riku_iki on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @06:57PM (#15243515)

Captured weapons is not evidence of direct supply. ISIS uses all kinds of american and russian weapons, but it doesn't mean it is supported by those countries.

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by mengibar10 on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:17PM (#15244752)

PKK and YPG are two names for one organization operating in bordering countries. Captured PKK terrorists tell that they were fighting for YPG. You should seek and read these stories for yourself. But if you only read media holding exclusive rights for credibility of course it's difficult to find such stories. Especially when you know a Western language only it's difficult for you to get a balanced information.

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