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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 3261857" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-members-secretly-escape-raqqa-with-weapons-ammo-us-knew-2017-11" target="_blank">Thousands of ISIS members were secretly allowed to leave Raqqa with weapons and ammo — and the US knew about it</a></span></strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Why the US and its allies let ISIS escape</strong></span></p><p>The US not only knew about the deal — they reportedly kept a close watch on the the convoy as it drove through the desert towards Iraq's border.</p><p></p><p>"When the last of the convoy were about to cross, a US jet flew very low and deployed flares to light up the area. IS fighters s--- their pants," one of the drivers told the BBC.</p><p></p><p>Col. Ryan Dillon, spokesman for the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, explained to the BBC why the US knowingly accepted the deal.</p><p></p><p><strong>"We didn't want anyone to leave," Dillon said. "But this goes to the heart of our strategy, 'by, with and through' local leaders on the ground. It comes down to Syrians – they are the ones fighting and dying, they get to make the decisions regarding operations."</strong></p><p></p><p>The US-led coalition has<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-led-coalition-amnesty-report-on-mosul-is-irresponsible-2017-7" target="_blank"> met criticism over its airstrikes killing civilians</a>, but <strong>ISIS tactics include hiding among civilian populations and using them as human shields. The massive human cost of continuing the bombing campaign on Raqqa may have swayed the decision makers to allow so many ISIS fighters to leave with their weapons.</strong></p><p></p><p>The retreating ISIS fighters reportedly threatened the drivers and the others they met, saying that they would return and bring with them Sharia law. But ISIS today is a far cry from its heyday, and members of the group that was once bent on martyrdom have now <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-fighters-surrender-en-mass-iraq-2017-10" target="_blank">begun to surrender en masse</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 3261857, member: 1940"] [SIZE=5][B][B][SIZE=5][URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-members-secretly-escape-raqqa-with-weapons-ammo-us-knew-2017-11']Thousands of ISIS members were secretly allowed to leave Raqqa with weapons and ammo — and the US knew about it[/URL][/SIZE][/B][/B] [B][/B] [B]Why the US and its allies let ISIS escape[/B][/SIZE] The US not only knew about the deal — they reportedly kept a close watch on the the convoy as it drove through the desert towards Iraq's border. "When the last of the convoy were about to cross, a US jet flew very low and deployed flares to light up the area. IS fighters s--- their pants," one of the drivers told the BBC. Col. Ryan Dillon, spokesman for the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, explained to the BBC why the US knowingly accepted the deal. [B]"We didn't want anyone to leave," Dillon said. "But this goes to the heart of our strategy, 'by, with and through' local leaders on the ground. It comes down to Syrians – they are the ones fighting and dying, they get to make the decisions regarding operations."[/B] The US-led coalition has[URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/us-led-coalition-amnesty-report-on-mosul-is-irresponsible-2017-7'] met criticism over its airstrikes killing civilians[/URL], but [B]ISIS tactics include hiding among civilian populations and using them as human shields. The massive human cost of continuing the bombing campaign on Raqqa may have swayed the decision makers to allow so many ISIS fighters to leave with their weapons.[/B] The retreating ISIS fighters reportedly threatened the drivers and the others they met, saying that they would return and bring with them Sharia law. But ISIS today is a far cry from its heyday, and members of the group that was once bent on martyrdom have now [URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-fighters-surrender-en-mass-iraq-2017-10']begun to surrender en masse[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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