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US Lost Track Of Nearly A Billion Dollars Of Arms Sent To Iraq

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Pentagon lost track of nearly a billion dollars worth of weapons bound for Iraqi Security Forces in the fight against ISIS, documents obtained by Amnesty International reveal. The weapons transfer program is a lynchpin of U.S. strategy against ISIS and within Iraq. The Obama administration began the current policy after…

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Tulsi Gabbard to Congress: “Stop Arming Terrorists”

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: ;”> By 1776 Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has a suggestion for the US Congress: Stop arming terrorists. It seems like a pretty reasonable suggestion, but the US Congress is having none of it. Instead, they’ve decided to launch of a series of increasingly shrill and hysterical attacks on her for…

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Afghan Soldiers Make Millions Selling US Paid For Ammo to Scrap Dealers

By Saagar Enjeti Poor Afghan Security Force’s Soldiers are selling US taxpayer-funded ammo to scrap metal dealers, Reuters reports. The revelation highlights the vast network of graft and corruption that permeates the Afghan security forces, and one of the major reason it has been so ineffective against the Taliban. One scrap dealer told Reuters if soldiers don’t have…

Obama Wants to Loosen Vietnamese Arms Embargo to Indirectly Challenge China

By JP Carroll President Barack Obama arrived Sunday in Vietnam to discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) as well as loosening a U.S. arms embargo, much to the frustration of China. Obama is the third U.S. president to visit the communist country since the end of the Vietnam War. The visit will last three days…

CIA Wants to Give Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Guns Capable of Targeting Russian Planes
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CIA Wants to Give Syrian Rebels Anti-Aircraft Guns Capable of Targeting Russian Planes

By Jonah Bennett The Central Intelligence Agency may ramp up efforts in Syria by supplying rebels with high-powered anti-aircraft weapons, which can target Syrian regime and Russian aircraft. Plan B is supposed to provide a backup to rebels in case the increasingly unstable ceasefire agreement with the regime breaks down, U.S. officials told The Wall…