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JUST IN: @POTUS says US "has the worst of the ISIS prisoners but then warns, "Turkey and the Kurds must not let them escape. Europe should have taken them back after numerous requests. They should do it now..."
#ISIS #Syria #Turkey
@POTUS .@POTUS tweet raises a question-if the US has the worst #ISIS prisoners, how is it up to #Turkey or the #SDF to not let them escape?

Also who, if anyone, now is still guarding them? Top SDF commander called guard duty "not a priority" 2 days ago
@POTUS The #SDF had also ruled out talking or coordinating w/#Turkey on #ISIS detainees and now has a deal with #Syria and #Russia...
@POTUS Since last Thursday, estimates from various US & #SDF officials indicated there were/are anywhere from 9,000 to about 13,000 #ISIS detainees, including 2,000-2,200 #foreignfighters - in about 30 makeshift prisons in #Syria, all under exclusive #SDF guard
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Jeff Seldin
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He describes the situation as "frustrating...We trusted the security mechanism sponsored by the United States”
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Jeff Seldin
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"We're doing better" at using all elements of nat'l power, per @FDD_CMPP Chair, former Nat'l Sec Adviser, ret LTG HR McMaster at @FDD

But warns against viewing military ops as "ends in and of themselves"
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Jeff Seldin
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NEW: Senate Intel Committee concludes #Russia's Internet Research Agency (#IRA) "sought to influence the 2016 US presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton's chances of success & supporting Donald Trump at the direction of the Kremlin"
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News are so fast:

The Syrian Army is in Manbij now. Another Syrian Army force heading towards the Turkish advance supported by Syrian #Kurds.
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Turkish attack against Syrian Kurds has been agreed with #USA & #Russia. It is a limited attack with limited objective. It will create a zone (not a buffer zone) for Syrian refugees to be eventually re-located from #Turkey and #Idlib when the time comes to eliminate Jihadists.
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#Turquie L’armée et ses alliés franchiront sous peu la frontière avec la #Syrie.
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