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A month later ''[[Time magazine]]'' announced the formation of the 20,000 man Omar al-Farouq Brigade in Syria, one of the supposed "moderate rebel" groups receiving American funding under the umbrella [[Free Syrian Army]].<ref>http://world.time.com/2012/10/05/syrias-up-and-coming-rebels-who-are-the-farouq-brigades-2/</ref> In May 2015 [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of one of the group's commanders carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier and eating the heart.

A month later ''[[Time magazine]]'' announced the formation of the 20,000 man Omar al-Farouq Brigade in Syria, one of the supposed "moderate rebel" groups receiving American funding under the umbrella [[Free Syrian Army]].<ref>http://world.time.com/2012/10/05/syrias-up-and-coming-rebels-who-are-the-farouq-brigades-2/</ref> In May 2015 [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of one of the group's commanders carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier and eating the heart.

[[File:The Khororsan Group Does Not Exist.PNG|right|300px|thumb|''The Khorosan Group Does Not Exist'', Andrew McCarthy, National Review, September 27, 2014.<ref>https://archive.is/wip/0siKU</ref>]]

[[File:The Khororsan Group Does Not Exist.PNG|right|300px|thumb|''The Khorosan Group Does Not Exist'', [[Andrew McCarthy]], National Review, September 27, 2014.<ref>https://archive.is/wip/0siKU</ref>]]

On April 8, 2013, as Gen. Flynn foretold, the Islamic State of Iraq (aka AQI) proclaimed itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Two weeks later the [[European Union]] lifted oil sanctions to make it legal for European entities to buy oil from al Nusra (Al Qaeda in Syria) and the Islamic State.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-22254996</ref> Three weeks later [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of a commander of an Obama administration "moderate rebel" group carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier, and eating it.<ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/syria-brigade-fighting-homs-implicated-atrocities</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23190533</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3524976/CANNIBAL-moderate-Syrian-rebel-cut-ate-Assad-soldier-s-heart-liver-killed.html</ref>

On April 8, 2013, as Gen. Flynn foretold, the Islamic State of Iraq (aka AQI) proclaimed itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Two weeks later the [[European Union]] lifted oil sanctions to make it legal for European entities to buy oil from al Nusra (Al Qaeda in Syria) and the Islamic State.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-22254996</ref> Three weeks later [[Human Rights Watch]] released a video of a commander of an Obama administration "moderate rebel" group carving the heart and liver out of a dead Assad regime soldier, and eating it.<ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/syria-brigade-fighting-homs-implicated-atrocities</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23190533</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3524976/CANNIBAL-moderate-Syrian-rebel-cut-ate-Assad-soldier-s-heart-liver-killed.html</ref>