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Paper: Documents show US funding Syrian opposition
Doesn't say how long this has been going on, but good for all the people who've made this happen, most likely including to some extent Bush and Obama.
The State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, The Washington Post reported, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided to the newspaper by the WikiLeaks website.
One of the outfits funded by the U.S. is Barada TV, a London-based satellite channel that broadcasts anti-government news into Syria, the Post reported Sunday. Barada's chief editor, Malik al-Abdeh, is a cofounder of the Syrian exile group Movement for Justice and Development.
The leaked documents show that the U.S. has provided at least $6 million to Barada TV and other opposition groups inside Syria, the newspaper said.
Doesn't say how long this has been going on, but good for all the people who've made this happen, most likely including to some extent Bush and Obama.