{"id":2907,"date":"2014-12-12T16:42:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2014-12-12T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T21:42:53","slug":"spending-bill-grants-half-billion-to-isis-linked-syrian-rebels-alex-jones-infowars-theres-a-war-on-for-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2907","title":{"rendered":"\u00bb Spending Bill Grants Half-Billion to ISIS-Linked Syrian Rebels Alex Jones&#8217; Infowars: There&#8217;s a war on for your mind!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/spending-bill-grants-half-billion-to-isis-linked-syrian-rebels\/\">\u00bb Spending Bill Grants Half-Billion to ISIS-Linked Syrian Rebels Alex Jones&#8217; Infowars: There&#8217;s a war on for your mind!<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px;\">The $1.1 trillion federal spending bill rammed through Congress provides a half-billion dollars to arm and train ISIS-linked Syrian rebels who could potentially launch terrorist attacks against the U.S.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\">Section 9016 of the spending bill authorizes the Secretary of Defense $500,000,000 to equip \u201cappropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition\u201d who will defend \u201cthe Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,\u201d but back in September\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #025ab4; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: initial none initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/afp\/140912\/syria-rebels-non-aggression-pact-near-damascus\">ISIS signed a truce with the remaining rebel groups<\/a>\u00a0and they are now working together against the Syrian government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\">\u201cThe Secretary of Defense is authorized, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, sustainment and stipends, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian groups or individuals\u2026\u201d the bill states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\">The Syrian rebels, however, consist of ISIS and groups with ties to ISIS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: LucidaGrande; color: #282828;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\"><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bb Spending Bill Grants Half-Billion to ISIS-Linked Syrian Rebels Alex Jones&#8217; Infowars: There&#8217;s a war on for your mind!. 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