U.S. 'betrayal' of Kurds could spark ISIS revival, intel officials say

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A sustained Turkish military operation against US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria would vastly increase the threat to Americans from ISIS, which remains intent on attacking the West, current and former intelligence officials tell NBCNews.

. If those fighters are set free, officials fear a replay of what happened in Iraq between 2010 and 2013, when the core group who founded ISIS were released or escaped from detention after U.S. forces left the country.

"They are absolutely still a viable external operational threat globally," the official, who chose not to be identified, said. Apart from ISIS, al Qaeda-linked groups and other extremists are active in Syria, taking advantage of the chaos of the country's civil war, according to the report.

 

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We aren’t the world police. How long do we have to stay and help them Let someone else take over!

Syria has more than enough people to fight ! And if ISIS Acts Up we will level them ! I’m 100 years they will still be fighting amongst eachother ! Don’t think there is cable in Syria !

MarciaHyatt6 realDonaldTrump supports the release of 10,000 ISIS fighters, because they will just go to Europe? realDonaldTrump IS GIVING AID AND COMFORT TO OUR ENEMIES !!!!!!!!!!!

This time we will leave to fight ISIS. Get your ass to your Turkey allies who they helped ISIS. We lost thousands of lives to save the world from ISIS, and the world left us alone to Turkey Fascism.

It wasn’t a U.S. betrayal, it was a trump betrayal. 5x draft-dodger donnie only represents himself & his personal interests, not the interests of the United States or her allies.

As long the US doesn't arm them with munitions and weapons again they shouldn't be a major problem.

A terrorist organizations is blackmailing whole world. Western World turns into a toy in a terrorist organization's dirty hands.

What benefit did Trump receive for murdering our allies? Money? Favors? Promises?

Intel officials sleeping with FakeNewsNBC 'journalist' reveal that CIA is a-washed with Traitors plotting a DeepStateCoup DeepStateExposed

PKK threatens world with ISIS card. I ensure you that SDF/YPG/PKK will deliberately release ISIS fighters and allow them to pass Europe, like they did before ⬇️ If you rely on a terrorist group, you should be ready to face the consequences...

Haha what ISIS they will only strike if the US tell them to

absolutely, its already happening

What will happen with the 12,000 ISIS fighters currently being guarded by the American-backed Kurds. The ISIS prisoners are the world's largest concentration of terrorists. Did Trump even consider this ?

You spelled “ definitely will” wrong.

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Could you please stop spreading lies? Turks hate ISIS terrorists as much as YPG-PKK terrorists. Let them clean our shit! US created ISIS and YPG terrorism as you know better than anybody else. PeaceSpringOperation OperationPeaceSpring

“US ‘betrayal’”

BoycottTurkishGoods & stop the NeoOTTOMANS Turkey from creating a new empire in Syria by Killing Kurds

Turkey is operatimg not against Kürds! We are living with Kürds almost 1000 years together in peace! There are even Kürdish origin ministers in Turkey. This operation is targeting PYD Terörist Groups which is responsible thousands inmocent people death. Do not manipulate

Isıs=pyd,ypg,pkk

MartinOMalley So sad.

Could?

Obama created them and Trump destroyed them

Wow, wonder what it be like if NBC News and Democrats cared as much about America's southern Border as they do about Syria's Border?

Worse it will end any hope of allies of the Kurds. We created new terrorist.

2 mistakes here: 1. Havng Trump in office. 2 Giving Turks weapons they could use against Kurds

Let’s talk about the 10,000 isis prisoners that turkey may release with their invasion !

After this betrayal would any other country stand with us during battle? Remember 911

If I remember correctly ISIS is a product of Obama and Hillary rebels in Syria Syria called Russia for help after Obama's red line in the sand Syria never invited us and we never declared war

Making ISIS Great Again. MIGA

Do you mean because Turkey is going to bomb the Kurds who are guarding the ISIS prisoners, the ISIS prisoners may escape as the Kurds do what? Stand and fight for us? Are you stupid? I guess we'll blame the Kurds for the resurgence, not Turkey or Trump, right? Total idiocy.

Trump has trained his sheep not to believe US law enforcement.

People need to handle their own conflicts.

Honestly, if the Kurds attacked us directly could we really say we don’t have it coming? But they’re better than that. They kept their word and lost thousands clearing out ISIS for us... for every westerner reading this. And we just fed them to the lions.

That was the point

You’re S-M-R-T POTUS, as my friend Tammy would say.

It's one person's fault Donald Trump Administration and all Republicans

Seeing as the Kurds had as many as 15000 ISIS detainees, hmm well I see no point for them to keep them when Turkey start a war with the Kurds, do you?

“The journalists ... are identifiable as Amanda Macias, a national security reporter for CNBC, and Courtney Kube, a national security reporter for NBC”. Weird that you didn’t mention this today 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Well we don't need any more demorats

America has been giving foreign nations war armaments for years. It never ends well, sooner or later these weapons end in the wrong hands. Oftentimes, we are friends one day and enemies later on.

TurkeyJustKilledTerrorists

Let's be honest. If Trump had announced that he was increasing troops in Syria, the media would STILL attack him for doing that and making the exact opposite case they are now. And stupid people that don't understand what it going on would go along with it.

hey Americans! Wake up! First,The US governments threw thousands of bombs, invaded, and massacred millions of poor people living in cities to seize the oil in this region.

Necmettin Yılmaz was a teacher. He was killed by the PKK at the age of 23. BarisPinariHarekati TurkeyJustKilledTerrorists

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The immediate concern, officials say, is what will happen with the 12,000 ISIS fighters currently being guarded by the American-backed Kurds. The ISIS prisoners are the world's largest concentration of terrorists.

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