Black Opps

Long War: The White House says it abhors the violence on both sides of the Syrian Civil War. Both sides should just stop fighting is official US policy.

The CIA is telling the press corp a different story than the White House. It admits to taking sides and to the fact that it is training the Free Syria Army. The CIA goes on to say the training is only in communication technology. Almost sorrowfully the CIA further admits that it is also building supply lines for the FSA and training the rebels in logistics. When the CIA admits to that kind of backing for a rebel army, then it is safe to assume that what it is actually doing is ten times greater than what it admits in public. This is why the FSA is knocking on the doors of the Presidential palace in Damascus.

Al Qaeda in Mali attacked a Toureg village and conquered it, turning a Toureg town into an Al-Qaeda town. A war has started between the Toureg rebels and Al-Qaeda, which is a good thing, before AQIM had no enemies shooting at them. It is not good that Al-Qaeda struck the first blow but this war is young and we will have to see what the Toureg do as far as a counter-offensive. If they could take their town back that would be positive.

It is obvious that the CIA is once again stretched thin. It should however be able to tap into resources with the African Union as far as Mali is concerned. As you will recall the AU is getting ready to train 3,000 soldiers for the express purpose of attacking Al-Qaeda in Mali. The AU claims that it cannot attack the bad guys in Mali without UN approval and funding. I think if the funding were to materialize the issue of UN approval would go away since there is a shooting war going on within rebel held Mali and Petraeus would find a way to use the AU soldiers under these circumstances, i.e. Al-Qaeda could win the war if he did nothing.

In the 1950s the CIA ran hundreds of secret private sector companies that were highly profitable. It would us those profits to run covert opps without Congressional approval. Also in the 50s it could raise huge sums by shaking down governments, gangsters, and business. I wonder how it is raising money for black opps today?