Syyriassa on kuollut 500.000 henkilöä sodan aikana, joten ehkäpä olisi enemmän voitu tehdä jo aiemmin? Miettikää, puoli miljoonaa uhria yhdessä sisällissodassa!
Ai niinkuin olla masinoimatta koko sisällissotaa kouluttamalla ja aseistamalla islamistikapinallisia konfliktin alussa?
Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War - Wikipedia
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In June 2012, the CIA was reported to be involved in covert operations along the Turkish-Syrian border, where agents investigated rebel groups, recommending arms providers which groups to give aid to. Agents also helped opposition forces develop supply routes, and provided them with communications training.
[73] CIA operatives distributed assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers and other ammunition to Syrian opposition. The State Department has reportedly allocated $15 million for civilian opposition groups in Syria.
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In July 2012, the U.S. government granted a non-governmental organization called
Syrian Support Group a license to fund the Free Syrian Army.
[74] In 2016, a number of U.S. officials revealed that the CIA in 2012 proposed a detailed covert action plan designed to remove Bashar Assad from power, but president Obama declined to approve it.
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In early March 2013, a Jordanian security source revealed that the U.S., Britain, and France were training non-Islamist rebels in Jordan. In an effort to strengthen secular elements in the opposition as a bulwark against Islamic extremism, and to begin building security forces to maintain order in the event of Bashar al-Assad's fall.
[76] In April 2013, also in Jordan, the United States had set up a $70 million program in the country "that is training the kingdom's special forces to identify and secure chemical-weapons sites across Syria should the regime fall and the wrong rebels look like getting their hands on them."
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In April 2013, the Obama administration promised to double non-lethal aid to rebels, specifically to $250 million
On 13 June 2013, U.S. government officials said the administration, after days of high-level meetings, had approved providing lethal arms to the Supreme Military Council (SMC).
[79] The SMC is a rebel command structure that includes representatives from most major rebel groups, and excludes the Islamic extremist elements.
[80] The decision was made shortly after the administration concluded that the Assad government had used chemical weapons on opposition forces, thus crossing the "red line" declared by Obama earlier in 2012.
[81] The arms to be provided included small arms and ammunition, and possibly anti-tank weapons.
[82]However, they were not to include anti-aircraft weapons, something repeatedly requested by the armed opposition.
[82] Further such weapons would be supplied by the US "on our own timeline".
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In mid-June 2013, the U.S. government said it would now arm rebels in Syria; besides, the U.S. was considering a no-fly zone in Syria′s southern border with Jordan, which would allow a safe place to equip and train rebels.
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Ennen kuin joku ulisee että wikipediaan voi kuka tahansa kirjoittaa ja että ryssäpropagandaa niin siellä on lähteissä ihan New York Times esim. noissa kaikkein räikeimmissä tiedoissa että CIA oli tuolla jo 2012 kesällä toimimassa salassa.
C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Rebels