Back in mid-November, Maj. Gen. Talal Silo, a commander and spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), defected from Syrian Kurdish territory into Turkey. Today, he offered new insight on the evacuation deal for the ISIS capital of Raqqa.
Silo’s revelation was that, far from evacuating “fewer than 300” ISIS fighters, the secret deal, which the US approved, had Kurdish forces providing buses to evacuate every remaining ISIS fighter from the city, and that this was several thousand fighters.
Ironically, Silo was the spokesman who announced the false deal in October with less than 300 involved. He says officials invented reports of heavy fighting in Raqqa amount remaining fighters during the evacuation both as cover for the bigger evacuation and to keep journalists out of the area.
Silo’s revelation is in keeping with other reports about the evacuation being much larger than officially admitted, with the BBC and other media outlets finding evidence that the evacuation was not limited to only a few “local” ISIS members as previously claimed. Silo’s comments offer even more specifics.
The US, however, is angrily rejecting the report, saying Silo’s comments ae “false and contrived,” appearing to suggest that they believe this is Turkey pushing a narrative that embarrasses the US and its Kurdish allies.
What about the new deal struck between Kurds and ISIS in the area of US-Kurdish contril. The text has been published by ISIS, probably to make sure worlld knows about it, no miscommunication. The text can be found on Al-Masdar Lebanese outlet. It is fascinating as the protection is guaranted sgainst bombing or drone strikes. As Kurds do not posses these capabilities, the conclusion that US sgreed to that makes sense.
It also confirms Russian bombing the convoys, while US complained of Risdians bombing in “their territory”. Sytian plane was shot down as presumsbly was targetted “allies”, or Kurds.
But this new agreement is ominous. Underermined number of ISIS is protected in US controlled area, and can cause problems for both Iraq and Syria.
The problem with ISIS., Al-Qaeda and other Salafi cults is the SUPPLY. For as long as it is NOT illegal for US Givernment to supply terrorist mercenaries, there will be no repercussions. US contractors can bring any amount of weapons anywhere, turn them over to terrorists, and all is well. We buy arms from the warehouses of former Siviet block — and is shipped to them.
Unless we have laws that promise death prnalty for supplying arms, funds, transport and telecom — we will just have mire and more groups, and be firced to keep high military budget to supposedly save us ftom the menace. And penalty for all in the chain -/ from foreign leaders that allow it, to clerks in Givernment processing purchase orders. Otherwise, hiw will we the citizens ever know to what end we feed the snake of terrorism.
Now it is becoming clearer when imperial spokespeople claim that ISIS will “withdraw” into desert!!!! Sure, and provided by airconditioners curtesy taxpayer.
When you let some of them go, unsupervised, you leave yourself open to such charges. These convoys weren’t even checked on route – although they were ‘held up’ at times. I’m making an assumption that the route to SE Syria was through Kurd-held territory. Assad doesn’t make such deals with foreign fighters so they wouldn’t have made it to Deir Ez Zor going trough free Syria.
Maj. Gen. Talal Silo knows all about the mercenary armies and terrorists, being SDF he saw it happen. Where these “isis” mercenaries go is to a CIA-Mossad training camp for the next incarnation of American terror.
Ah so now the U.S. finally accuses Turkey of information warfare but we always backed up everything they did while they shot down the Russian aircraft and were trying to take out Assad for us. I guess they just started lying now.