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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: Obama Ready To Expand Covert Aid To Syrian Opposition
2014-03-30
[Ynet] The United States is ready to step up covert aid to Syrian rebels under a plan being discussed with regional allies including Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, according to a Washington Post report.

The plan includes CIA training of about 600 Syrian opposition forces per month in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Qatar, foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius wrote on Thursday. That would double the forces currently being trained in the region.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  The people the Saudis sent to Syria have apparently been working _with_ Assad to destroy the rest of his opposition. If they want to be dissatisfied with anyone they need to look in the mirror.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-03-30 15:02  

#3  I suspect this is the price our beloved president paid to soothe the Saudis who are very upset that his people have been negotiating with Iran in secret.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-03-30 13:08  

#2  Remember when Iran-Contra was the path to get rid of an even more popular president? The Donks were big on that one (not principle, but power).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-03-30 08:50  

#1  Awful lot of info for 'covert' aid.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2014-03-30 08:34  

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