U.S. backed rebels in Syria pose for selfie before beheading young boy, but the Obama admin's response is worse

Greg P. | 9:40 AM on July 20, 2016

Oh my God…

Disturbing footage released of #US-backed "Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki" beheading this "child fighter" in #Syria: pic.twitter.com/HRyjQxenfR

— H. Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) July 19, 2016

These animals then posed for a selfie with their victim:

US Backed 'Moderate' Rebels Film Themselves Beheading a Boy Near Aleppo https://t.co/UEgrzNCAuC #Syria pic.twitter.com/qiiOT6Gh7O

— Ian56 (@Ian56789) July 20, 2016

The BBC reports the boy, a Palestinian, was captured in Handarat, north of Aleppo and may have been “as young as 10”:

https://twitter.com/sommervillebbc/status/755470810656059392

According to the Daily Beast, up to 1000 al-Zenki rebels were on the CIA payroll at one point:

"As many as 1,000 Zenki fighters were on the CIA payroll" in Dec '14, stopped receiving MOM funding in Sept '15 https://t.co/kNSb0o55KZ

— Daniel Wickham (@DanielWickham93) July 20, 2016

Now here’s where it gets worse…

When confronted with the story, State Department spokesman Mark Tonerf said that the U.S. might stop further assistance to these animals if the allegations are proven true.

His exact quote: “I can’t — again, I can’t say what the consequences will be, but it will certainly give us, as I said, serious pause and we’ll look at, frankly, any affiliation or cooperation with this group we may have going forward, if these allegations are proven true.”