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The CIA reportedly paid monthly salaries to the “moderate Syrian rebels” it was training and arming in an attempt to overthrow Assad in Syria. The United States not only paid to arm and train “moderate Syrian rebels” as part of a CIA program that did much more to aid ISIS than it did to fight Read More…
The U.S. will likely do all it can to prevent an upcoming Syrian military offensive in Idlib, with the aim of protecting its own interests in Syria, even if it means backing a force of rebels united in their allegiance to al Qaeda. DAMASCUS, SYRIA – While the conflict in Syria has largely faded from the Read More…
https://media.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/content.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/The_Daily_Wrap_Up-5-8.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/8/18). The US has officially withdrawn from the JCPOA, the Iranian nuclear deal, and subsequently Read More…
Citing Syrian opposition figures, Reuters reported Monday that Free Syrian Army (FSA) envoys have been urging U.S. officials in Washington to resume the suspended CIA program to arm and assist them, especially if the U.S. genuinely wants to confront Iran’s expanding influence in the country. According to Mustafa Sejari, a senior official within the FSA, envoys described to members Read More…
With al Qaeda now seen by the U.S. as likely the only group in Syria “militarily capable of challenging the Assad regime’s grip on power, the U.S. is in the uncomfortable position of having to rehabilitate 9/11 and current terrorists into supportable “moderates.” Last week, Foreign Affairs, self-described as the “leading magazine for analysis and debate of Read More…
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. On July 19, the Read More…