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U.S. secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show [Old but relevant]
The Washington Post ^ | 4/17/2011 | Craig Whitlock

Posted on 09/01/2013 11:31:58 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen

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The London-based satellite channel, Barada TV, began broadcasting in April 2009 but has ramped up operations to cover the mass protests in Syria as part of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the country’s autocratic leader, Bashar al-Assad.
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In February 2006, when relations with Damascus were at a nadir, the Bush administration announced that it would award $5 million in grants to “accelerate the work of reformers in Syria.”
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Around the same time, Syrian exiles in Europe founded the Movement for Justice and Development. The group, which is banned in Syria, openly advocates for Assad’s removal. U.S. cables describe its leaders as “liberal, moderate Islamists” who are former members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Barada TV
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Several U.S. diplomatic cables from the embassy in Damascus reveal that the Syrian exiles received money from a State Department program called the Middle East Partnership Initiative. According to the cables, the State Department funneled money to the exile group via the Democracy Council, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit. According to its Web site, the council sponsors projects in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America to promote the “fundamental elements of stable societies.”
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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911truthers; cia; iran; israel; lebanon; maheralassad; nwo; randsconcerntrolls; russia; statedepartment; syria; thebrotherdidit; unitedkingdom; waronterror; wikileaks
It looks like this "Barada TV" is funded by the US. The group the money appears to be funneled through is http://www.democracycouncil.org/index.html, which received grant money from National Endowment for Democracy.

Just a few of the key players in Syrian coup against Assad...

State (CIA) Department / Saudi Intel / Qatar (rather thoroughly absorbed into Western finance).

AQ fighters and arms sent from Libya sent to Syria. Qatar provided arms and funding reportedly to the tune of billions.

Interesting article with a lot of sources listed at the end...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war
1 posted on 09/01/2013 11:31:58 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen
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To: Absolutely Nobama; Alex Murphy; alpo; Army Air Corps; azishot; B4Ranch; bigbob; B.O. Plenty; ...

Ping the old list.


2 posted on 09/01/2013 11:32:27 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: PieterCasparzen

And the Saudis what us to fight for their reasons. Muslims and Islam are the cause of most of the worlds current wars. Case closed.


3 posted on 09/01/2013 11:35:41 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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To: PieterCasparzen

I don’t know what kind of site “hayride” is, but this is interesting regarding Qatar and MB:

Qatar, Saudi Arabia And The Qaradawi Connection

The emergence of Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Egypt is a sign that we have reached the apex of this phase of the turmoil.

Qaradawi, an Egyptian, is the ideological mentor of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Sunni Islamic world’s foremost Sharia law scholar. He has been living in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar and is very close to the emir of Qatar. He chairs the Sharia advisory board of the world’s largest Islamic bank, Qatar Islamic Bank.

Notice that we see no reports of protests in Qatar.

Qaradawi is an enemy of the Egyptian regime and certainly an enemy of the Gaddafi regime in Libya. Both nations have been wracked by rebellion, at least partially orchestrated by the Muslim Brotherhood.

Another nation that seems to have escaped turmoil is Saudi Arabia.

Those who speculate that the turmoil will spread to Saudi Arabia are most likely wrong. Qaradawi also heads the Union of Good, an umbrella group of 53 charities based in Saudi Arabia. The Union of Good was designated a terrorist entity by the US Treasury Department a year or two ago because it funds all sorts of Jihadist terrorist organizations, notably HAMAS. Union of Good has all sorts of ties to Saudi royals. The Saudi royals also fund the Muslim Brotherhood.

We are unlikely to see the Muslim Brotherhood cause trouble in Saudi Arabia. The same goes for Qatar. Qaradawi won’t bite the hands that feed him.

The emir of Qatar and the Saudi royals are no better than Mubarak. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are no more free than Libya. Yet there is no unrest in either nation. Perhaps the mainstream media should look into why this is so…

- See more at: http://thehayride.com/2011/02/qatar-saudi-arabia-and-the-qaradawi-connection/#sthash.CIbe1QE9.dpuf


4 posted on 09/01/2013 11:44:22 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: PieterCasparzen

Couple of interesting older reports from the Daily Mail:

From July 2013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175871/Syria-Embattled-Assad-spotted-Damascus-British-born-wife-escapes-Russia-amid-fifth-straight-day-clashes-rebels.html

From January 2012
Syria rejects Arab League request to hand over power and form a new government
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2090498/Syria-rejects-Arab-League-request-hand-power-form-new-government.html


5 posted on 09/02/2013 12:09:44 AM PDT by Southern Magnolia
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To: PieterCasparzen

Obama Regime is always siding with US ENEMIES like the Muslim Brotherhood!! Evil supports Evil.


6 posted on 09/02/2013 2:13:51 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

The most recent “official” conversations with MB actually started during the Bush years.

The same people “run” things no matter which party is in power. The top “advisors” typically serve 30, 40, 50 years; they outlast Presidents.

The top CIA people Always have a background that shouts “new world order”. Ivy League, diplomat, Wall Street, a handful of law firms, parents and grandparents in SAME line of work (diplomat/spy/wall street). Only in some cases it’s a loyal operative discovered while at college who “worked” his way up. The Ivy League universities, after enough endowments and funding, essentially were taken over by the big financiers of new world order. Incidentally, this university “takeover” happened in Europe as well, long before.

It is the closest of groups. Mostly top top CIA is Yale skull & bones fraternity, old new england / wall street family ties.

Those ties supersede ALL other orders they get from anyone.

For example, the final “recommendation” to JFK to stand down at Bay of Pigs came from one of such guy. When a President is flippy-floppy all over in a tizzy, his top advisors can easily convince him to do what they want him to.

New world order is firmly in control, not Obama.

Same in the UK, rest of Europe, Russia, China.

The real power people are never in government; it’s beneath them. They send their staid old diplomat/lawyer minions to “advise” the government, after telling them what they want done. The old diplomat is a nwo minion who is very well experienced at relaying such instructions in any way he needs to in order to get the job done.

NWO has these minions throughout all the top spots in government.


7 posted on 09/02/2013 3:05:29 AM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: PieterCasparzen

The Saudis are slick. They have so much of our money they spread it around. they literally “buy” anyone and everyone and the ones they can’t they kill.


8 posted on 09/02/2013 4:08:32 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: PieterCasparzen

And then along comes Karen Hudes....Does she have a prayer?


9 posted on 09/02/2013 4:14:41 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: PieterCasparzen
The real power people are never in government; it’s beneath them. They send their staid old diplomat/lawyer minions to “advise” the government, after telling them what they want done. The old diplomat is a nwo minion who is very well experienced at relaying such instructions in any way he needs to in order to get the job done.

NWO has these minions throughout all the top spots in government.

Worth repeating over and over.

Kind of explains why after elections when the puppets change, the play remains the same and the masses have been deluded into thinking they have impacted the course of this nation..............

10 posted on 09/02/2013 4:55:22 AM PDT by varon ( cum tyrannis para bellum)
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Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt’s Generals:
‘How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?’
Foreign Policy | 15 Aug 2013 | John Hudson
Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055253/posts

Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt’s military — even as Cairo’s security forces massacre anti-government activists.

[by “anti-government activists” is meant church-burning jihadists]

Sen. Cruz Statement on Egypt (Suspend aid over anti-Muslim Brotherhood ‘coup’)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055492/posts

Ted Cruz blames Egyptian violence on Obama’s disregard for foreign aid law
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055589/posts


11 posted on 09/02/2013 5:27:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: PieterCasparzen

12 posted on 09/02/2013 8:04:46 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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