The US has backed 21 of the 28 ‘crazy’ militias leading Turkey’s brutal invasion of northern Syria

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Footage showing members of Turkey’s mercenary “national army” executing Kurdish captives as they led the Turkish invasion of northern Syria touched off a national outrage, provoking US government officials, pundits and major politicians to rage against their brutality.

In the Washington Post, a US official condemned the militias as a “crazy and unreliable.” Another official called them “thugs and bandits and pirates that should be wiped off the face of the earth.” Meanwhile, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the scene as a “sickening horror,” blaming President Donald Trump exclusively for the atrocities.

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• Below is SETA’s list of Turkish “national army” militias, outlining the type of US support each one received over the years. (Click on the image to enlarge it) - https://setav.org/en/assets/uploads/2019/10/A54En.pdf

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