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DOD: Vetting rebels will take at least 3 months The Pentagon said Friday that vetting Syrian rebel groups to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) could take three to five months. Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said that the military would begin working “very soon” with the intelligence community and Saudi Arabia to select Syrian rebels to train and arm. But he cautioned that it would be a “little while” before the fighters were ready. He said that after the vetting process, it could be 8-12 months before any fighters would be able to return to Syria and fight ISIS. The Pentagon will initially train more than 5,000 Syrian rebels at an existing facility in Saudi Arabia. Please visit THE HILL, continue read.. thehill/policy/defense/218344-dod-vetting-rebels-will-take-at-least-3-months
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:41:02 +0000

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