How Did The Islamists In Syria Receive Advanced American Weapons?

Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra members pose on a tank in northern Idlib province(Reuters)

How Did Islamists Receive American Weapons? See The Evidence From Guided Missile That Exploded Near Syrian Front Line -- The Independent

Exclusive: Soldiers near Mediterranean coast tell of daily missile attacks

Syria’s special forces troops are strung out across a pinnacle of hills here just north east of Lattakia on one of the country’s most dangerous front lines, under daily missile attack from reinforced rebel forces now supported by Isis.

The officers, all of whom are paratroopers, speak of new tactics and upgraded weapons used against them since Isis seized the Iraqi city of Mosul - and some of the radio traffic they listen to from their enemy is in the Chechen or Georgian languages.

Intelligence reports speak of a unification of various rebel factions calling themselves the “Legion of the Coast”, a clear sign that the Isis-inspired rebels - including Isis supporters themselves - intend to strike westwards towards the Mediterranean, scarcely eight miles away.

It’s fair bet that a big battle is shaping up in these pine-covered mountains.

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My Comment: With the collapse and mass surrender of U.S. trained Syrian rebels this past weekend .... the Islamists can now add even more weapons to their arsenal .... Syria: Al-Nusra jihadists 'capture US TOW anti-tank missiles' from moderate rebels (IBTimes).