Big surprise this.
Pentagon-trained rebels in Syria are reported to have betrayed their American backers and handed their weapons over to al-Qaeda in Syria immediately after re-entering the country.
Fighters with Division 30, the “moderate” rebel division favoured by the United States, surrendered to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, a raft of sources claimed on Monday night.
Division 30 was the first faction whose fighters graduated from a US-led training programme in Turkey which aims to forge a force on the ground in Syria to fight against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil).
A statement on Twitter by a man calling himself Abu Fahd al-Tunisi, a member of al-Qaeda’s local affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, read: "A strong slap for America... the new group from Division 30 that entered yesterday hands over all of its weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra after being granted safe passage.
"They handed over a very large amount of ammunition and medium weaponry and a number of pick-ups."
Abu Khattab al-Maqdisi, who also purports to be a Jabhat al-Nusra member, added that Division 30's commander, Anas Ibrahim Obaid,had explained to Jabhat al-Nusra's leaders that he had tricked the coalition because he needed weapons.
"He promised to issue a statement... repudiating Division 30, the coalition, and those who trained him," he tweeted. "And he also gave a large amount of weapons to Jabhat al-Nusra."
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a monitoring group, reported that seventy-five Division 30 fighters had crossed into Syria from Turkey early the day before with “12 four-wheel vehicles equipped with machine guns and ammunition”.
US Central Command confirmed about 70 graduates of the Syria “train and equip” programme had re-entered Syria with their weapons and equipment and were operating as New Syrian Forces alongside Syrian Kurds, Sunni Arab and other anti-Isil forces.
The latest disaster, if true, will be the second to befall the programme. Last month, after the first group of fighters re-entered, the militia was attacked and routed by Jabhat al-Nusra, which stormed its headquarters and kidnapped a number of its members.
At the weekend, the group’s chief of staff also resigned, saying the training programme was “not serious”.
In the statement, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad al-Dhaher complained of insufficient numbers of trainees and fighters, inadequate supplies, and even “a lack of accuracy and method in the selection of Division 30’s cadres”.
The latest developments have only added to the scorn heaped on the much-criticized $500 million (£320m) program, which aimed to forge a 5,400-strong force of “moderate” rebels to combat Isil.
It has been hampered by problems almost from the outset, with rebels complaining of a laborious vetting process. The biggest point of contention is that they are only allowed to fight Isil, not the Assad regime, which is the principal enemy for most opposition groups.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11882195/US-trained-Division-30-rebels-betrayed-US-and-hand-weapons-over-to-al-Qaedas-affiliate-in-Syria.html
I still can't figure out why the USA has a hard-on to get rid of Assad
$500m down the drain and now Al-Qaeda has US weapons and specialist training to reinforce them.
Sandy Pantz - I still can't figure out why the USA has a hard-on to get rid of AssadRussian pipeline, among other things
Yeah, too bad nobody saw that one coming! 
Also note according to recent polls 80% of Syrians believe the US created Isis. That's obviously what happened but even if you have your head in the sand and live in an alternate reality, just remember most of these hundreds of thousands of refugees that will be coming here, most of which are young male Muslims, blame the US for destroying their country. What a great plan.
Man, if we don't get out of the Middle East soon, every fucking country over there is going to be sending terrorists by the hundreds.
all done on purpose.
the weapons are given to free syrian army then they are handed off to ISIS. the objective is to destroy Christian Syria
AlbertEinstein - Also note according to recent polls 80% of Syrians believe the US created Isis. That's obviously what happened but even if you have your head in the sand and live in an alternate reality, just remember most of these hundreds of thousands of refugees that will be coming here, most of which are young male Muslims, blame the US for destroying their country. What a great plan.
To be fair, islamic extremists were fun when they were only bombing Ruskies
Shit used to be in vogue
EVILYOSHIDA - all done on purpose.
the weapons are given to free syrian army then they are handed off to ISIS. the objective is to destroy Christian Syria
That may literally be one of the most retarded things I've heard.
The US has a ton of geopolitical interest in destablizing that region and controlling the power flow between sunni, shiite and secular leadership, but that would be the dumbest fucking ulterior motive ever.
Go back to Texas you fakeass asian conspiritard
We really need to just set up a website to propose and vote on bills for ourselves. We need to get rid of the president and congress as they both suck and are just out to make themselves rich.
How many people saw this type of thing coming a mile away?
how many times do we need to be taught this lesson? Jesus christ
Yes they were used to fight the Russians. One might even be tempted to think the US created the entire phenomenon of Islamic terrorism. Obviously our wonderful allies the Saudis have always been savages but things are different these days.
AlbertEinstein -Sandy Pantz - I still can't figure out why the USA has a hard-on to get rid of AssadRussian pipeline, among other things
Dumb this down for me. The US wants to prevent Russia from building a pipeline to sell oil to Syria? Seems like a real cut off your nose to spite your face situation
They want to prevent the Russia/Iran alliance from supplying Europe its oil, so that they will stay dependent on the US/Saudi/Israeli alliance for their oil. All these wars are fronts for economic wars.
They want to sacrifice your children for a few dollars more. These people are evil. They have no souls. Everything is so corrupt now they may justif it because they feel forced to wage these wars to prop up the US economy. To me it just looks like time to build a new economy.