Pentagon Report: NGOs Knowingly Diverted Millions in Aid To Al Qaeda Afilliated Grps in Syria

[AuH20]

We need to bring back firing squads.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/11/08/pentagon-report-ngos-knowingly-diverted-millions-u-s-aid-al-qaeda-group-syria/

[acptulsa]

The trouble with firing squads is they take their orders from the same people those NGOs do.

[AZJoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMTu-s67hAY

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[pcosmar]

If you want more of anything,, declare War on it.

[TheCount]

Oops, Breitbart "accidentally" left out the first sentence of the paragraph, or else decided that their readers are too stupid and/or too credulous to actually read the report.


Despite these efforts, the unstable security situation in Idlib raised the risk that combatants might divert humanitarian assistance.

So... it's not the NGOs diverting anything, it's armed groups hijacking the assistance. Which really clarifies the later quote.


In August 2018, USAID OIG referred its findings on the risks of humanitarian assistance being diverted to armed groups in northwestern Syria to USAID and briefed senior USAID officials. These risks included systemic coercion by HTS of NGO employees to assist in diversions; imposition of taxes, duties, and fees on USAID implementers and beneficiaries; HTS control of local councils and IDP [internally displaced persons] camp management that assist USAID implementers in identifying eligible beneficiaries; and implementers failing to adequately mitigate the threat to USAID programming from these armed group.


Despite what efforts, you may ask? Well, the previous three paragraphs are all about how they work to prevent diversion of aid.



Syria presents a challenging environment for assistance efforts due to elevated risks. Inresponse, USAID has established risk mitigation and compliance programs, which include thepromotion of procurement integrity and the hiring of dedicated risk mitigation staff to reducethe possibility of fraud, waste, abuse or diversion of aid to sanctioned groups. USAID workswith a third-party monitor to verify that people in need of assistance receive humanitariansupplies and services as intended. This third-party monitor also verifies that aid recipientsunderstand that the aid is being provided according to humanitarian principles in order toprevent sanctioned groups from taking credit for USAID-funded activities.331

According to USAID, it is also working with partners to ensure that they are strengthening theirinternal controls and monitoring their work in the field. To further ensure that programs arehelping those in need, USAID humanitarian partners, along with others from the humanitariancommunity, have developed and adhere to a common set of protocols for engaging with anyarmed group. According to the protocols, both partners and members of the humanitariancommunity are to preemptively minimize or cease programming if ISIS or other armed actorsthreaten the integrity of programming, and PRM takes this approach to its programming.332

The DoS reported that PRM partners and implementers continue to monitor for any issuesrelating to fraud and diversion of humanitarian assistance. PRM partners are required tocomprehensively report to PRM on a quarterly basis on any instances of diversion or fraud andnotify PRM immediately if specific incidents occur. PRM has also reiterated to partners theirobligations to investigate and report on allegations of fraud and diversion. According to PRM,no allegations of fraud or diversion have been reported this quarter in relation to PRM-partnerefforts. As the quarter ended, PRM was completing a contract for a third-party monitor in Syriato provide additional oversight on PRM-funded programs.

[goldenequity]

US ally Saudi Arabia - using ISIS as mercenaries against the Yemeni people.

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https://twitter.com/uprisingtoday/status/1066516962237390848

[Swordsmyth]

Oops, Breitbart "accidentally" left out the first sentence of the paragraph, or else decided that their readers are too stupid and/or too credulous to actually read the report.



So... it's not the NGOs diverting anything, it's armed groups hijacking the assistance. Which really clarifies the later quote.




Despite what efforts, you may ask? Well, the previous three paragraphs are all about how they work to prevent diversion of aid.
They have to put up a pretense of resistance.