They got the U.S.-made guns and ammunition from those “moderates” we armed to fight against them.
“Inside secret underground ISIS bomb-making lair found littered with US-made guns and drugs,” by Oli Smith, Express, November 26, 2015:
AN ASTONISHING series of secret tunnels carved by hand by ISIS militants have been found littered with drugs, copies of the Quran and US-made ammunition.
The underground tunnels, used by ISIS militants to hide from bomb raids, were discovered under Sinjar, which has only recently liberated from ISIS control.
The extremist fighters used the tunnels to move undetected and avoid coalition airstrikes.
The besieged Iraqi town had been held by Islamic State for more than a year before being recaptured by Kurdish troops.
The amazing network of abandoned tunnels appeared to be wired with electricity, with a series of sleeping quarters set out, lined with sandbags and curtains for privacy.
Food and cooking utensils were also found around the passages as well as clothes hung on washing lines.
Prescription drugs and painkillers were seen on the floor, along with copies of the Quran and US manufactured boxes of ammunition and bomb-making equipment.
The narrow tunnels, carved with jackhammers or other handheld equipment, were just tall enough for a man to stand in….
Vyx says
So the Obama administration in arming the our enemy and yet congress does nothing. It seems to me that they are welcoming their Muslim Overlords with open arms.
mortimer says
HILLARY DID THIS. Anyone who has been a soldier will be troubled beyond measure that ISIS is using US weapons!
Of course, Lying Hillary gave them the weapons as part of her bungled adventures in Libya. The Saudis were in an unholy rush to dislodge the heretical Allawites from Syria (and commit a genocide of them…no doubt).
Assad isn’t the problem, but SALAFITE ISLAM FROM SAUDI ARABIA IS THE PROBLEM! There is no moderation is Salafism. It’s a death cult.
Don McKellar says
That sums up the Sunni half of the problem with Islam. And sadly virtually nobody in MSM will call out Hilary and Barry bin Obama out on this. The Islamic State exists because of Obama’s regime. It is supplied and continues to exist because of Obama’s regime. Period.
Tom Hillgardner says
Stop being a dumbass: If GWB hadn’t invaded Iraq ISIS would never exist. You’re just trying to cover up the fact that it was Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz that “masterminded” the destabilization of the entire region allowing ISIS to arise out of the power vaccuum.
Dr. Divinity says
IT MATTERS NOT who started the problem….Bush or whoever….what does matter ……is anybody got the guts to stop it.
mortimer says
We knew they were living in tunnels. It’s Vietnam all over again. The only way to defeat a dug-in army is to dig under them…and then fill their tunnels with fire. This is the dirtiest form of warfare and requires boots on the ground…under the ground too…a lot of them.
Whole families and hostages will be held prisoner in those tunnels too. ISIS is using human shields. They have no respect for life.
pdxnag says
So, did the Korans also say Made in the U. S. of A.?
Just thinking, we could print a modified Koran (and hadith etc) where we stripped out or wrote in red the two thirds of it all calling for slaughter of Jews and other Infidels. Anyone disagreeing with the non-seditious, non-violent one could be forever excluded.
We could say this is the one Bush referred to when he called Islam the religion of piece. Did Bush already have one?
Infidels of the world unite says
It won’t work because there are too many muslims out there.
I heard that the “official” koran in China is a translated and modified version, and some violent content has been taken out. The muslims found out about it and started learning Arabic, getting Arab imams, etc.
Don McKellar says
What should be done is for exploding copies of the Koran to made up and air dropped across the Middle East.
Mark DeFord Eletion says
Distribute non-exploding korans made from pig manure.
JasonP says
And the Koran? But Obama says ISIS is not Islamic!
One another note CNN has a story about a newly published Koran. Apparently there was a problem with the old one: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/25/living/study-quran-extremism/index.html
“I never advise a non-Muslim who wants to find out more about Islam to blindly grab the nearest copy of an English-language Quran they can find,” Mehdi Hasan, a journalist for Al Jazeera. Christians or Jews may pick up a Quran and find their worst fears confirmed.”
It goes on to describe how this whitewashing attempt sometimes has footnotes that take up most of the page. How will this Koran be accepted by Muslims? “… there has been some criticism of the translation by Muslims who call it ‘too Sufi.'”
Lesley says
“They got the U.S.-made guns and ammunition from those “moderates” we armed to fight against them.”
Frankly, I suspect that they didn’t just get the US made guns from the ‘moderates’ that we’re arming… I think there’s good reason to believe that they ARE the moderates that we’re arming.
Why we’re trying to take out Assad is beyond me. Sure he’s done some bad things, but look at the population he’s governing. Under Assad, religious minorities have freedom and relative protection.
I’m horrified that our government is aiding the forces of those who want to destroy our whole way of life. Horrified.
Bezelel says
Lesley, I know what you mean. What I don’t understand is why isn’t arming the enemy in a time of war considered treason?
Dennisr says
Govt s afraid of pursecuting Obama and shutter at theback lash of indicting (sp?) him.
This mans not stupid but has a plan- and we’re the pawns.
Wayne Tallaksen says
Has anyone wondered where all the weapons and Ammo for internal Government agencies might of have really been going? Aiding and abetting enemies of the U.S.A. used to be known as Treason! Obama has been doing nothing but arming Sunni Jihadist franchises like Al Qaeda in his stupid pointless proxy war against Syria`s Assad! And then this blithering idiot releases all the money to Iran guaranteeing them an A-Bomb! And the really hilarious thing is both the Sunni Jihadist and The Shiite Jihadist have one amazing goal in common, Death To America!!
? says
Maybe the conspiracy theorists were right maybe the US Is funding terrorism…notice all the drugs, they’re clearly US thug influenced…
This is the reaping 666
John Johness says
It’s the third Friday of Safar – the month of battles. I wonder what they have planned.
Jay Boo says
LAIR
“Inside secret underground ISIS bomb-making lair”
What sings a call of duty to prayer? It hides in this wretched devil’s lair
Seduced by lyrics from a prophetic liar in a song of Satan’s unholy desire
Baucent says
It’s interesting in their scramble to abandon Sinjar, the Jihadists left behind their copies of their Holy book. I would have thought that would have been their most valued possession? Apparently not, as there is no mention of rifles being abandoned, just surplus ammo they couldn’t carry. The Koran’s were tossed because they were excess weight. That they are using US made rifles is not surprising as they captured huge numbers of weapons when the captured Mosul last year. American rifles are prized over worn out AK47’s.
Something that is curious about the Kurd’s capture of Sinjar, was that ISIS barely resisted the Kurds and escaped out a “back door” when the city should have been surrounded. Was a deal made to let them escape?
LarryK says
They got the vast majority of their American weapons when the Iraqi army fled Mosul.
“why isn’t arming the enemy in a time of war considered treason?” — some pretty fevered imaginations out there!
The US got rid of Saddam Hussein. Chaos ensued in Iraq. The US got rid of Muammar Gaddafi. Chaos ensued in Libya. Now we’re trying to get rid of Assad in Syria. Is there a pattern here?
Angemon says
The contrast is blinding.