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Pentagon: US training for Syrian rebels moving slower than expected
[Ynet] The US effort to build a moderate Syrian opposition force that can stand up to Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 rebels is moving more slowly than expected due to complications vetting volunteers and bringing them out of Syria for training, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Bummer.
Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department front man, said between 100 and 200 Syrian fighters were undergoing training in the region, while hundreds more were still being screened or waiting to be brought out of the country. "As of now, none have completed training," Warren said.
Posted by: trailing wife 2015-06-19
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