3. Badr Brigade
The Badr Brigade is a very interesting organization that is currently fighting in Syria. This military group has its roots in Iraq, founded by Iranian military officers as a Shia Muslim group. At the time when Saddam Hussein was seen as an enemy of the United States, the Badr Brigade was fighting against the Iraqi dictator, and so they have long been seen as a military asset by the United States. For this reason, they were supported by the States in their fight against ISIS in Syria. This is where it starts to get complicated. U.S. officials say at least one unit of the Badr Brigade have now switched sides, fighting alongside the Russians and the Assad regime instead of with the United States and their coalition of CIA-trained Shia Muslim groups. So now the United States has been forced to focus their attention on more and more military groups that are betraying them, and some of these groups were previously considered allies or at least friendlies. Now you have situations where past allies of the States are fighting against similar groups who are still loyal. Both are supposed to be fighting against ISIS, but they’re also fighting in what seems like a proxy war between the States and Russia, Syria and Iran. It’s utter mayhem in Syria right now, and it doesn’t help that the United States is getting completely lost in its long list of alliances between multiple militant groups. This begs the question, why is the CIA training and funding Shia militant groups if there is such a high possibility of betrayal?
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