US senator says Washington’s $500 million Syrian training program aided terrorists – report

Rebel fighters aim their weapons as they demonstrate their skills during a military display as part of a graduation ceremony at a camp in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria

‘A US senator has slammed America’s $500-million program to train “moderate” rebels in Syria, saying the money should go to aid refugees instead. Chris Murphy told Russian media his “concern” that the program could aid terrorists “turned out to be true.”

“My concern from the beginning was that we were going to end up unwittingly aiding and abetting terrorist groups like al-Qaeda,” Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, told Sputnik news agency, adding “I am sorry that my concern turned out to be true.”

The senator has been repeatedly calling for the suspension of the US train-and-equip program in Syria that the chamber approved last September. The Pentagon was granted $500 million for the program in 2015 and has requested $600 million for 2016. The Obama administration’s goal is to train 15,000 rebels in three years to fight the Islamic State terrorist group.’

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