Has evidence of the US claim been produced? The Americans said that they found money, assault rifles, Syrian passports and satellite phones and that this backed up their claim. They have not produced them. But people have guns in their houses and in rural areas there are always satellite phones as there are no land lines. The money amounted to $1,000 (£564). As for the Syrian passports, this village was on the border with Syria. These tribes have been there since long before the borders of Iraq were drawn up. So many are technically Syrian and others are technically Iraqi. To them the tribe is more important than their nationality.
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