An ISIS commander who was arrested in Pakistan has apparently spilled the beans that he was being funded by money being routed through the US to recruit and send militants to Syria to join the rebels against Assad:
IBI TIMES – The Islamic State (Isis) commander in Pakistan has reportedly confessed to receiving funds routed through the US to recruit militants to fight in the Syrian civil war.
Pakistan’s Express Tribune reports that on 22 January, Pakistani law enforcement agencies announced that they had arrested Yousaf al-Salafi, along with two other suspected militants, in a raid in Lahore.
Sources told the Express Tribune, which is partnered with the International New York Times, that al-Salafi had in fact been captured in December.
“During the investigations, Yousaf al-Salafi revealed that he was getting funding – routed through America – to run the organisation in Pakistan and recruit young people to fight in Syria,” the source said.
Al-Salafi, a Pakistani Syrian, allegedly entered Pakistan last year, travelling from Syria and through Turkey, in order to recruit fighters in Pakistan.
He is said to have confessed that he was receiving around $600 (£395) for every recruit he sent to Syria, and was working with the support of an imam.
“The US has been condemning the IS activities but unfortunately has not been able to stop funding of these organisations, which is being routed through the US,” a source told the paper.
“The US had to dispel the impression that it is financing the group for its own interests and that is why it launched an offensive against the organisation in Iraq but not in Syria,” he added
Now we don’t know if this is public or private money, coming from the Obama administration or coming from mosques in the US or from wealthy Muslims. But it certainly sounds like something our government would do, especially considering they want to see Assad removed from power.
(h/t: Ted Shoebat)