Turkish-Backed Forces Are Freeing Islamic State Prisoners

[tulc]

Turkish-Backed Forces Are Freeing Islamic State Prisoners

As Turkey wages a violent campaign against Kurdish fighters and civilians across northeastern Syria, Turkish-backed proxy forces with ties to extremist groups are deliberately releasing detainees affiliated with the Islamic State from unguarded prisons, two U.S. officials confirmed to Foreign Policy.

The claim pours cold water on U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Twitter that the Syrian Kurdish fighters tasked with guarding the prisons released the detainees to grab U.S. attention after the Defense Department ordered all U.S. troops to evacuate the region.

Backed by Turkey, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a decentralized band of Syrian rebels that has been linked to extremist groups, has launched a bloody assault on northeastern Syria, executing Kurdish prisoners and killing scores of unarmed civilians and Kurdish fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Over the weekend, a group of Turkish-backed forces ambushed a female Kurdish politician driving on the M4, the main highway through Syria and Iraq, forced her from the car, and killed her.

tulc(wonders if that "great unmatched wisdom" saw this coming?)

 

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Turkish-Backed Forces Are Freeing Islamic State Prisoners

tulc(wonders if that "great unmatched wisdom" saw this coming?)

I would not be surprised if Donald made his decision in the time span it took for him to finish a tweet while sitting on the commode. He didn't talk about it with the Pentagon, didn't bother to learn the facts. Of course this is exactly what everybody with one lick of good sense in them knew would happen, which is why everybody with that lick of good sense was appalled.