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| Syrian rebels doubtful over new arms supplies |
| 2012-06-14 |
| Syrian rebels resting and recovering from wounds in Turkey say that far from receiving a host of heavy weapons to take the fight to government forces, they feel forgotten by their backers. Some rebels and opposition figures inside and outside Syria say there has been an upsurge in recent weeks of heavier weaponry being smuggled into Syria via Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq. The weapons, which according to the rebels are being supplied by private sponsors, include thousands of shells, hundreds of sniper rifles, as well as anti-armour missiles. But in the verdant hills, wooded mountainsides and languid refugee camps of Turkey's southern Hatay province, Free Syrian Army rebels returning from the fight to rest and tend their wounds, said they had seen no sign of any new weapons. One rebel said less than half the fighters in his unit even had a gun. What weapons they did have, the rebels said, came from inside Syria. "This is an absolute lie. We have not seen anything. If they are coming through Lebanon, maybe, but if they were, we would see these weapons. We don't see them, where are they?" said one rebel who gave his name only as Ahmad. "Every household has had one person killed or wounded. If we had weapons we could defend ourselves," said Ahmad, clean-shaven and dressed in jeans and a white t-shirt, not fitting the typical image of a rebel fighter. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 If we had weapons we could defend ourselves... Yeah..and where's thos Libyan ManPads when ya need 'em? |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2012-06-14 21:23 |