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While criticizing both the Obama administration’s handling of fighting the Islamic State and statements from Senator Rand Paul who rightly said that McCain had met with ISIS, McCain asked: “Has Rand Paul ever been to Syria?” McCain replied. “Has he ever met with ISIS? Has he ever met with any of these people? No, no, no.”

So does this mean McCain is acknowledging that he himself has met with ISIS, thus giving him more expertise on the subject? That certainly seems to be the implication of what McCain said. Now, that statement may add fuel to the arguments that McCain met with members of ISIS and there’s photographic proof, a documented claim which people who swallow whatever the mainstream media tells them will continue to say has been “debunked,” even though those in the pictures have been identified and are positively confirmed to have direct ISIS ties.

“I know these people,” McCain repeated to Hannity. “I’m in contact with them all the time. And he is not. He is not. He is not.”

So to be clear, John McCain claims to know Salim Idris and Khalid al-Hamad, both featured in the photos taken with him in Syria. Both of these men are both linked with ISIS, and both were kicked out of non-ISIS rebel groups for being “too moderate.” According to McCain, he is “in contact” with Idris and al-Hamad “all the time.” Why isn’t Senator McCain being investigated for his ties with ISIS members, since both of these men are in fact ISIS-linked?

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McCain's now-famous meeting took place in May 2013 after he slipped across the Turkish border into northern Syria, meeting with rebel leaders for about an hour. Photos showed him in the company of Northern Storm leaders, who buttressed his security detail during the trip.

Three months later the Northern Storm Brigade seized an airport at the Syrian town of Mengh, completing a battle that had raged for a half-year. Twitter accounts at the time, based on reporting from the Aleppo News Network, claimed ISIS militants fought alongside them. But that has never been established.

By October, the two groups were publicly at each other's throats.

Read more: http:// www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2762680/Feeding-frenzy-debunks-Rand-Paul-claim-John-McCain-met-ISIS-linked-jihadists-Syria.html#ixzz5C7SngxfB

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noname in Syria and Kerry met with Russia

McCain sneaks across Turkey-Syria border, meets with rebels

Meantime, Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris Monday to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the situation in Syria.

https:// www.cbsnews.com/news/mccain-sneaks-across-turkey-syria-border-meets-with-rebels/2/

noname met with this guy

Where are his HQ?

Salim Idris (Arabic: ‎ Salīm Idrīs) (born 1957) is the former Chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) of the Free Syrian Army, which is the main Syrian armed opposition group. He has a PhD in "electronic radars" and speaks five languages, including English.[1] An East German-trained electronics professor, he was a general in the Syrian Army when he defected in July 2012.[2] Idris is widely considered to represent the moderate elements of Syria's armed opposition, as armed opposition leaders under his leadership have subscribed to the pro-democracy Proclamation of Principles.[3][4][5][6]

Military activities[edit]

Idris was elected as the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Council following its establishment in a conference held in Turkey on 15 December 2012. At the conference, over 550 members of the Syrian revolutionary council, brigades, and battalion commands elected 261 representatives to form the Revolutionary Force Authority. Thirty members were elected to form the SMC, which includes five combat Fronts covering Syria's 14 provinces.[7][8]

In December 2013, Idris was initially reportedly driven out of his headquarters in northern Syria by the Islamic Front into exile in Doha, Qatar, but U.S. officials later said he was in Turkey throughout the incursion.[9] However, the FSA has denied that Idris has left Syria.[10] A few days later, Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Chief of Staff Monzer Akbik said that Idris "has failed to make an institution, I don't think everything can continue in the same way."[11]

Idris was removed from his position as Chief-of-Staff of the FSA's Supreme Military Council in an announcement on 16 February 2014. He was replaced with Brigadier General Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir.[12][13]

Political activities[edit]

Idris has become increasingly engaged with soliciting aid from Western nations since his initial request of specialized training and non-lethal material support from the United States in February 2013.[14] On 30 April 2013 the United States began deliveries of ready-to-eat rations and Warrior Aid and Litter Kits (WALK) to the Free Syrian Army under the oversight of Idris, in what was the first U.S. delivery of tangible aid to Syria's armed opposition.[15] Idris has issued letters and statements to Secretary of State John Kerry, President Barack Obama, and the United Nations Security Council to encourage international intervention and support in the ongoing Syrian Civil War.[16][17][18][19][20] In an 8 June 2013 interview with the New York Times, Idris outlined that continued international support for the Free Syrian Army, including "game-changing weapons," were required as a precondition for his attendance at planned negotiations with Bashar al-Assad in Geneva.[21]

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