Editing Timber Sycamore

'''Timber Sycamore''' was a classified program carried out by Western (and their Arab vassal states) intelligence services to provide weapons and training to anti-[[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]] fighters in Syria, mostly islamic jihadists such as the [[al-Nusra Front]]. The program was run by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s Special Activities Division and supported by Saudi, Jordanian, Qatari, and UK intelligence services.<ref>Sanchez, Raf (3 September 2013). "First Syria rebels armed and trained by CIA 'on way to battlefield'". The Daily Telegraph. London.</ref><ref name="mazzetti">{{cite news|last1=Mazzetti|first1=Mark|last2=Younes|first2=Ali|title=C.I.A. Arms for Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market, Officials Say|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/world/middleeast/cia-arms-for-syrian-rebels-supplied-black-market-officials-say.html|accessdate=20 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=26 June 2016}}</ref>

The phrase "Moderate Rebel" comes from the capitalist media trying to excuse early reports of Western support for terrorists, but eventually the truth emerged that it was a conscious policy to support terrorists to overthrow the Assad government. 

Vice-President [[Joe Biden]] is known to have been an active proponent of [[Operation Timber Sycamore]] within the [[Barack Obama|Obama administration]], and the President secretly authorised the [[CIA]] to begin arming [[Syria]]’s rebels in 2012.<ref>''[https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/senior-official-boasts-about-lying-to-trump-about-us-military-withdrawal-from-syria/ "Senior official boasts about lying to Trump about US military withdrawal from Syria"]''</ref>

In July 2017, US officials stated that Timber Sycamore would be phased out, with funds possibly redirected to fighting the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL), or to offering rebel forces defensive capabilities.<ref>''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-ends-covert-cia-program-to-arm-anti-assad-rebels-in-syria-a-move-sought-by-moscow/2017/07/19/b6821a62-6beb-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html "Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/21/tony-thomas-syria-secret-program-cia-240818 "Top general confirms end to secret U.S. program in Syria"]''</ref> 
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	'''Timber Sycamore''' was a classified program carried out by Western (and their Arab vassal states) intelligence services to provide weapons and training to anti-[[Bashar al-Assad\|Assad]] fighters in Syria, mostly islamic jihadists such as the [[al-Nusra Front]]. The program was run by the [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]]'s Special Activities Division and supported by Saudi, Jordanian, Qatari, and UK intelligence services.<ref>Sanchez, Raf (3 September 2013). "First Syria rebels armed and trained by CIA 'on way to battlefield'". The Daily Telegraph. London.</ref><ref name="mazzetti">{{~~News citation~~\|~~author~~=Mark ~~Mazzetti &~~ Ali ~~Younes~~\|title=C.I.A. Arms for Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market, Officials Say\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/world/middleeast/cia-arms-for-syrian-rebels-supplied-black-market-officials-say.html\|~~retrieved~~=20 September 2016\|~~newspaper~~=The New York Times\|date=26 June 2016}}</ref>		'''Timber Sycamore''' was a classified program carried out by Western (and their Arab vassal states) intelligence services to provide weapons and training to anti-[[Bashar al-Assad\|Assad]] fighters in Syria, mostly islamic jihadists such as the [[al-Nusra Front]]. The program was run by the [[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]]'s Special Activities Division and supported by Saudi, Jordanian, Qatari, and UK intelligence services.<ref>Sanchez, Raf (3 September 2013). "First Syria rebels armed and trained by CIA 'on way to battlefield'". The Daily Telegraph. London.</ref><ref name="mazzetti">{{cite news\|last1=Mazzetti\|first1=Mark\|last2=Younes\|first2=Ali\|title=C.I.A. Arms for Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market, Officials Say\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/world/middleeast/cia-arms-for-syrian-rebels-supplied-black-market-officials-say.html\|accessdate=20 September 2016\|work=The New York Times\|date=26 June 2016}}</ref>

	The phrase "Moderate Rebel" comes from the capitalist media trying to excuse early reports of Western support for terrorists, but eventually the truth emerged that it was a conscious policy to support terrorists to overthrow the Assad government.		The phrase "Moderate Rebel" comes from the capitalist media trying to excuse early reports of Western support for terrorists, but eventually the truth emerged that it was a conscious policy to support terrorists to overthrow the Assad government.