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Report: CIA, Saudi Weapons Meant for Syrian Rebels End Up on Black Market

HeadlineJun 27, 2016

The New York Times and Al Jazeera report millions of dollars in weapons being shipped to Jordan by the CIA and Saudi Arabia for the intended use of Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold on the black market. The stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November that killed two Americans and three other people at a training facility in Amman.

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