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Three Green Berets killed by ISIS infiltrator after CIA ignored warnings

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Green Berets Matthew Lewellen, Kevin McEnroe, and James Moriarty approached the Prince Faisal Airbase in Jordan in their vehicle along with one Jordanian military officer. They were assigned the IA mission, meaning inter-agency, as a part of the CIA’s Timber Sycamore covert operation to train and arm so-called moderate Syrian rebels. At the gate there was an exchange of gunfire which Jordanian authorities have described as a, “chain of unfortunate events.” Amidst the bedlam at the gate, a Special Forces Team Sergeant confronted the the shooter after failing to deescalate the attack. The Team Sergeant wounded the shooter during the firefight, who is now being held by the Jordanian government for questioning.

Initial reports were conflicted with each other, and a subsequent FBI investigation describes finding no trace of terrorist activity involved in the incident.  At first the Jordanians claimed that one of the Special Forces soldiers opened fire at the gate unprovoked.  A second story claimed that one of the Americans accidentally discharged his weapon leading to a confused firefight of mistaken identity. However, according to multiple sources inside Special Forces, the shooter conducted a deliberate and pre-planned assault on the 5th Special Forces Group members.  Multiple sources confirmed that the shooter is an ISIS sympathizer. Lewellen, McEnroe, and Moriarty, who were in the process of transitioning back to the United States were killed, the Jordanian officer injured.

The only detail left uncertain is if the shooter was a Jordanian military gate guard, or if he was actually one of the “moderate” rebels which the Special Forces men were there to train.

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    Jeff L

    i understand compartmentalization but to this degree... it obviously hurt the team. rangers guarding the rebels. lol. who's better trained, the kka or the afghan commandos...

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    James

    We had a time to properly do hearts and minds in iraq and none of the higher ups wanted anything to do with army special forces conducting a traditional special forces unconventional warfare mission. ODA'S should live with the locals it's the only way to counter the radical influence. you don't stay in a fob you sleep with them and you backup your tribe/town you train them and you put them above saving face with higher ups who micro manage and generally would let the entire town be massacred if it made them look good. Give an oda a mission and let them figure out the rest no interference from anyone not going on the mission. most likely the senior nco should be in charge they will see a young officer who is green and never trust him plus so put an experienced officer older full beard and has no desire to climb the promotion ladder. but its to late and honestly we should be giving the kurds everything they need every one the cia/socom is training is isis or an off shoot of them or an isis/ nusra reject. what we should be doing is giving them a vaccination with a locator kinda like we do with dogs so when they go to the dark side we can follow and catch bigger fish.

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    HowFar?

    There is hardly any oil in Syria as a root cause for Russia aid to Assad. Syria is in huge debt to Russia, moreover interventions in Syria and Ukraine are about stoking a new national pride. Putin fancies himself a smarter Stalin. The fact that Trump is pointing the finger at the NSA and CIA over hacks before the election instead of Russia is abhorrent. Hillary was bad, T is going to have 1 term.

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    HowFar?

    "Of course the only real spirituality is Jesus." I'll wave from the shore whilst you sail off for another disastrous crusade. Travel much?

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    HowFar?

    Read: Putin.