Timeline of #CIA #MI6 intervention in #Syria or context to demonstrate dishonesty of narratives that maintain talking points used to sustain economic & military war against #Syrian people:
1956 CIA plot to overthrow the Syrian government
1983 CIA document and plans to obliterate Syria to enable pipeline
1986 CIA document discussing Syria and role of Muslim Brotherhood in a possible civil war fueled by Sunni-Shiite conflict
1983 CIA document and plans to obliterate Syria to enable pipeline
1986 CIA document discussing Syria and role of Muslim Brotherhood in a possible civil war fueled by Sunni-Shiite conflict
2001: Wesley Clark told that USA will take out 7 countries in 5 years
2005: CNN Interview. Christiane Amanpour tells Assad that Western governments are plotting a regime change in #Syria
2006: State Dept cable: Detailed discussion of various strategies to enable regime change
2005: CNN Interview. Christiane Amanpour tells Assad that Western governments are plotting a regime change in #Syria
2006: State Dept cable: Detailed discussion of various strategies to enable regime change
2005-2007: US funded opposition leaders within Syria to defeat Assad in the 2007 election. US also funded anti-Assad Muslim Brotherhood groups based out of Washington.
2009: US and UK spend millions to start a satellite TV channel (“Barada TV”) to broadcast anti-Assad programs
2009: US and UK spend millions to start a satellite TV channel (“Barada TV”) to broadcast anti-Assad programs
2009: State Dept Email: Saudi Arabia is worried that a Shiite crescent is turning into a full moon (referring to a possible Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon coalition). Saudi Arabia, therefore, wanted to remove Assad and turn Syria into a Sunni/Salafist-dominated country
2009: State Dept Cable: Saudi Arabia is the #1 source of funding of terrorism worldwide
2011: Special Ops from US/UK/Turkey were inside Syria, training the armed groups
2011: Weapons shipped from Libya to Syria after the fall of Gaddafi
2011: Special Ops from US/UK/Turkey were inside Syria, training the armed groups
2011: Weapons shipped from Libya to Syria after the fall of Gaddafi
2012: CIA spending $100,000 per “moderate rebel” for training to fight in Syria. $1 billion per year in training terrorists. #CIA Timber Sycamore
2012 State Dept Email: Conquest of Syria means a weakened Iran and this is important for Israel
2012 State Dept Email: Conquest of Syria means a weakened Iran and this is important for Israel
2012: State Dept Email: Use Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to arm/train armed groups dominated by #AlQaeda
2012: Saudi Arabia demands that Assad be overthrown using all means available
2012: Hillary Clinton receives an email: “Al Qaeda is on our side.”
2012: Saudi Arabia demands that Assad be overthrown using all means available
2012: Hillary Clinton receives an email: “Al Qaeda is on our side.”
2013: Roland Dumas, former French Foreign Minister reveals that UK officials had contacted him in 2009 & informed him they would be fomenting "uprising" in #Syria by funding armed groups.
2012: DIA (Pentagon) memo: Al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists (Wahhabi extremist Sunnis) are the main forces trying to overthrow Assad
2012: NY Times and others report that most US weapons sent to Syria were ending up in the hands of Jihadists #ISIS #AlQaeda
2012: NY Times and others report that most US weapons sent to Syria were ending up in the hands of Jihadists #ISIS #AlQaeda
2012: Experienced Al Qaeda leaders from all over the world go to Syria to overthrow the #Syrian government
2011-2013: 160 military cargo planes full of US weapons were sent to Syria (Sent from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to Turkey; then sneaked into Syria across the border).
2011-2013: 160 military cargo planes full of US weapons were sent to Syria (Sent from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to Turkey; then sneaked into Syria across the border).
2011-2017: 10 links that show collusion between “Moderate Rebels” (FSA) and Al Qaeda or ISIS
2014: Hillary Clinton writes about Saudi Arabia and Qatar funding ISIS
2014: Hillary Clinton writes about Saudi Arabia and Qatar funding ISIS
2014: 4-Star General Martin Dempsey – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – said during a Senate hearing, “I know many Arab allies who fund ISIS.”
2014: Oops, USA accidentally drops weapons right in ISIS’ hands
2015: Top ISIS commander used to be a “star pupil” of CIA in the country of Georgia
2015: By 2015, more than 30,000 foreign terrorists were fighting in Syria. This is not a civil war!
2015: Top ISIS commander used to be a “star pupil” of CIA in the country of Georgia
2015: By 2015, more than 30,000 foreign terrorists were fighting in Syria. This is not a civil war!
2012 Laurent Fabius, French FM, "Al Qaeda are doing a good job in #Syria"
2015: NATO Commander Gen. Wesley Clark said, “our friends and allies funded ISIS.”
2015: Joe Biden says Saudi Arabia and Qatar arming/funding Al Qaeda in Syria
2015: NATO Commander Gen. Wesley Clark said, “our friends and allies funded ISIS.”
2015: Joe Biden says Saudi Arabia and Qatar arming/funding Al Qaeda in Syria
2015: Turkey-ISIS connections: oil and arms trade
2015: Amnesty report: Most ISIS’ weapons are from America.
2016: Israeli Defense Minister, Ya’alon: “We prefer ISIS to Assad in Syria.”
2015: Amnesty report: Most ISIS’ weapons are from America.
2016: Israeli Defense Minister, Ya’alon: “We prefer ISIS to Assad in Syria.”
2016: Israel’s Intelligence Chief, Herzi Halevy: “We will do everything to make sure ISIS does not lose in Syria.”
2016: UN closed session - John Kerry admits US allowed #ISIS to flourish to overthrown the Syrian government
2016: UN closed session - John Kerry admits US allowed #ISIS to flourish to overthrown the Syrian government
2016: Oops, I did it again! US drops tons of weapons into ISIS’ hands again. By mistake, of course!
2016: Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) leader brags about getting weapons from the US
2016: White Helmets receive multi-million funding fm western coalition regimes invested in #Syria war
2016: Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) leader brags about getting weapons from the US
2016: White Helmets receive multi-million funding fm western coalition regimes invested in #Syria war
2016: Presidential candidate Evan McMullin tweeted that his role in CIA (in 2011-2012) was to convince Al Qaeda in Syria/Iraq to work with the U.S.
2016: Chapter 10 of the book “WikiLeaks Files” that explains the efforts behind regime change in Syria
2017 & 2015: Thomas Friedman of The New York Times wrote two pieces asserting that ISIS is better than Assad
2017 & 2015: Thomas Friedman of The New York Times wrote two pieces asserting that ISIS is better than Assad
2021: Ambassador James Jeffrey admits that #AlQaeda "offshoot" is a US asset in #Syria.
2017: Brett McGurk "Idlib is the largest #AlQaeda haven since 9/11"
2017: Brett McGurk "Idlib is the largest #AlQaeda haven since 9/11"
Some additional information:
2001-3 Bush/Blair emails released during Chilcot Enquiry into mythical #Iraq WMD reveal that BB already had plans to target Syria & Iran but favoured incentivisation over coercion as initial step.
2001-3 Bush/Blair emails released during Chilcot Enquiry into mythical #Iraq WMD reveal that BB already had plans to target Syria & Iran but favoured incentivisation over coercion as initial step.
2006: TIME published article "Syria in Bush's crosshairs"
"The Bush Administration has been quietly nurturing individuals and parties opposed to the Syrian government in an effort to undermine the regime of President Bashar Assad"
"The Bush Administration has been quietly nurturing individuals and parties opposed to the Syrian government in an effort to undermine the regime of President Bashar Assad"
I have made use of the timeline from this article below and added some of my own additions and this list is not 100% complete but gives an indication of the context being omitted when YouTube pundits parrot #CIA talking points on #Syria.
worldaffairs.blog/2017/04/18/syr…
worldaffairs.blog/2017/04/18/syr…
2019: Israel Offence Forces’ Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot admits #Israel directly supported armed extremist groups to overthrow #Syrian government.
2016 - Robert F Kennedy
"Long before our 2003 occupation of Iraq triggered Sunni uprising that has now morphed into Islamic State, the CIA had nurtured violent jihadism as a Cold War weapon and freighted U.S./Syrian relationships with toxic baggage."
politico.com/magazine/story…
"Long before our 2003 occupation of Iraq triggered Sunni uprising that has now morphed into Islamic State, the CIA had nurtured violent jihadism as a Cold War weapon and freighted U.S./Syrian relationships with toxic baggage."
politico.com/magazine/story…
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