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also of note

JERUSALEM – Members of DAESH [the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS] were trained in 2012 by U.S. instructors working at a secret base in Jordan, according to informed Jordanian officials.

https:// syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/usa-trained-daesh/

https:// oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/statement_05062016_usaid_oig_syria_aid.pdf

Reports of Corrupt Practices in Cross‐Border Aid to Syria

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 6, 2016 Press Office: (202) 712‐1150 http:// oig.usaid.gov/

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is conducting a complex investigation into cross-border aid programs providing humanitarian relief in Syria. These programs are run from both Turkey and Jordan by multiple nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with funds from USAID and other international donors. Recent international press reports have raised issues of irregularities involving some of these programs.

USAID OIG’s investigation has identified corrupt practices involving a number of these programs operating from Turkey. The investigation to date has identified a network of commercial vendors, NGO employees, and others who have colluded to engage in bid-rigging and multiple bribery and kickback schemes related to contracts to deliver humanitarian aid in Syria. Some early concerns about these practices surfaced through one USAID implementer, which identified and self-reported procurement irregularities affecting its programs.