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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Millions and billions of OUR money being spent on wars and support of so called “ moderate “ terrorist groups, while Detroit and other cities are allowed to degrade to third world standards and they keep saying that there is no money for ; Schools, social security, Medicare / Medicaid and other needed services.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>US to Provide $70 Million Additional Funding to Syrian Rebels<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Published 13 March 2015 (22 hours 55 minutes ago) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img width=27 height=23 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D05E91.4659E630" alt="Description: Coments"></span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The State Department reiterated once again that its aim is to oust President Bashar Al-Assad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The United States government announced Friday it will provide the Syrian opposition with US$70 million in “non-lethal” assistance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>According to the U.S. Department of State, the assistance will only be delivered to certified rebel groups. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Today, I can announce a modest step forward that the Administration is working with Congress to provide nearly $70 million in new foreign assistance to continue our full range of support to the moderate Syrian opposition,” said Antony J. Blinken, deputy secretary of state, in a statement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>However, with the rapidly evolving events in the Syrian frontlines, the task of certifying rebel groups as moderate has proven <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Turkey-and-US-Reach-Preliminary-Pact-to-Aid-Syrian-Rebels-20150217-0023.html"><span style='color:blue'>highly difficult</span></a>. Many so-called moderate rebels have subsequently joined the Islamic State group or the al-Qaida allied al-Nusrah Front. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The U.S government clarified once again that their support for the rebels is consistent with the U.S. long-term objectives. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"As we have long said, Assad must go and be replaced through a negotiated political transition that is representative of the Syrian people," said a White House spokesperson, referring to Washington's commitment to oust the Syrian president. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>As media investigations have revealed, classified U.S. documents and independent investigations show aid supplied to the rebel groups has <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/bloggers/Washington-and-ISIS-The-Evidence-20150308-0001.html"><span style='color:blue'>helped strengthen</span></a> the Islamic State group and Al-Nusrah, which are now dominating the Syrian battlefield. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>So far, U.S. support to the Syrian opposition accounts for nearly US$400 million since 2011. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>