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Exclusive: Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels - sources

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Congressional committees are holding up a plan to send U.S. weapons to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of fears that such arms deliveries will not be decisive and might end up in the hands of Islamist militants, five U.S. national security sources said.
Both the Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees have expressed reservations behind closed doors at the effort by President Barack Obama's administration to support the insurgents by sending them military hardware.

None of the military aid that the United States announced weeks ago has arrived in Syria, according to an official from an Arab country and Syrian opposition sources.
Democrats and Republicans on the committees worry that weapons could reach factions like the Nusra Front which is one of the most effective rebel groups but has also been labeled by the United States as a front for al Qaeda in Iraq.


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How about we just dont send weapons to them at all. That sounds like a novel idea, you know looking back at the historic consequences this has left us with.
 
Might end up in the hands of Islamist militants? Impossible!
 

Because, you're referring to US aid to the Mujas in Afghanistan, suggesting that we trained and armed The Taliban and al Qaeda, which isn't accurate.
 
Because, you're referring to US aid to the Mujas in Afghanistan, suggesting that we trained and armed The Taliban and al Qaeda, which isn't accurate.

You're right we armed the Mujas which was a loos coalition of islamists... And im referring to that because look what happened and how arms ended up in the extremists hands.
 
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