Wikileaks: U.S. Support Syrian Opposition Groups

US Denies Trying to Undermine Syrian Government -- Voice of America

The United States on Monday denied working to undermine the Syrian government, but it acknowledged trying to strengthen civil society groups there. The comments followed a press report suggesting that U.S. funds had gone directly to Syrian opposition factions.

State Department officials say U.S. efforts to build up civil society in Syria are similar to programs underway in other countries, but that the difference is that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad perceives them as subversive.

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U.S. secretly financed Syrian opposition groups -- Salon
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