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34. They're shipping US equipment captured in Iraq to Syria, we'll see if it's true

ISIL moving seized U.S. military vehicles to Syria: report

Sunni militants in Iraq are shipping a significant number of U.S.-origin tanks and Humvees, seized in recent U.S. military operations in Iraq, to al Qaeda rebels in Syria, according to a report by the Washington Free Beacon.

According to U.S. intelligence agencies, photos of the equipment transfers were posted online by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an offshoot from al Qaeda that seeks to establish a caliphate in Sunni majority regions of Iraq.

Numerous Humvees were shown being transported from the Nineveh province, in northwestern Iraq, to ISIL-controlled areas of Syria, including the Al Shadadi area and the town of Tall Hamis, the Free Beacon reported.

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Exact figures on the seized military equipment were not clear. “ISIL raided all the arms depots and vehicles belonging to Iraq’s Second Division, based in Mosul, which included a motorized brigade and several infantry brigades,” the Free Beacon reported.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/17/isil-moving-seized-us-military-vehicles-syria-repo/