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Trump ends CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels: U.S. officials
Topic Started: Jul 20 2017, 01:47 AM (340 Views)
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#WORLD NEWS
JULY 19, 2017 / 6:48 PM / 8 HOURS AGO

John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA's covert program to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two U.S. officials said, a move sought by Assad ally Russia.

The U.S. decision, said one of the officials, is part of an effort by the administration to improve relations with Russia, which along with Iranian-supported groups has largely succeeded in preserving Assad's government in the six-year-civil war.
Reuters
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lol, some Bulgaria on Washington's order will go on supplying moderate terrorists with its old Soviet stocks of arms and Saudia will keep financing them.
It's just a show, a trick.
Edited by Siberian, Jul 20 2017, 01:56 AM.
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Syria rebels blindsided by U.S. move, say jihadists to benefit
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BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Thursday a U.S. decision to halt a covert CIA program of military aid would mark a big blow to the Syrian opposition and risked allowing jihadists to tighten their grip over the insurgency.
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Russia not reason for U.S. ending CIA arms to Syria rebels: general
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ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) - A U.S. decision to halt a CIA program equipping and training certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not done as a concession to Assad ally Russia, a top U.S. general said on Friday.
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Trump/Putin vs CIA/ISIS


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it seems the US shifts its support from moderate terrorists to Al-Qaida's branch Jabhat An-Nusra, it consolidates control in Idlib rebels' controlled enclave...
Edited by Siberian, Jul 25 2017, 03:48 AM.
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Yes, it was peculiar how all those arms given to the "moderate jihadis" got into the hands of the wrong peeps!
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Being supported by Obama was the most profitable industry Syrian gangsters had in their history.......... :popcorn:
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Media Mourn End of CIA Killing Syrians and Strengthening Al Qaeda
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The US government has finally announced an end to its years-long program to arm and train Syrian rebels. The initiative, one of the CIA’s largest covert operations, with billions of dollars of funding, fueled mass killing in Syria and significantly prolonged the country’s horrific war. Widely respected experts have also acknowledged that it greatly strengthened murderous extremist groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda.

If one only read corporate media reporting, however, you would likely think that the termination of the CIA program was an abject tragedy. Spin doctors at major news outlets depicted the Trump administration’s decision as variously a spineless concession to the evil Russian puppet master and/or a wretched abandonment of a supposedly noble US commitment to “freedom and democracy.”
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Jul 20 2017, 01:55 AM
lol, some Bulgaria on Washington's order will go on supplying moderate terrorists with its old Soviet stocks of arms and Saudia will keep financing them.
It's just a show, a trick.
On target, my Comrade!

Pentagon Falsifies Paperwork To Keep Syrian Rebels Armed With Quasi-Covert Program
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In shades of Iran-Contra, the Pentagon will be stepping in for the CIA as arms supplier for the “moderate rebels” in Syria. The CIA program was covert, and the Pentagon’s follows suit by falsifying paperwork to mask the destination of the weaponry, as revealed by a new report from two watchdogs.
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Weapons were shipped from Eastern-Europe via Silk Way airlines, who offered security-free diplomatic flights to clients ranging from Saudi Arabia, Israel to US Central Command.
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The Kurds are the only rebels the USA is currently arming....We don't want to anger Turkey, Iraq, and Iran by doing it openly............. :dunno:
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