CIA continues to aid Islamic militant groups taking over North Africa and Syria. Al- Qaeda “The Base”(CIA database of mujaheddin or Islamic fighters) have been the most organized fighters battling government troops in Syria during the 22-month-old conflict in which more than 60,000 people have been killed. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/01/28/world/middleeast/ap-ml-syria-.html?ref=world