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| Syria Rebels Say They Received New Types of Arms |
| 2013-06-22 |
| [An Nahar] Syrian rebels have recently received new weapons that could "change the course of the battle" against the Syrian regime, a front man for the Free Syrian Army told Agence La Belle France Presse on Friday. "We've received quantities of new types of weapons, including some that we asked for and that we believe will change the course of the battle on the ground," FSA political and media coordinator Louay Muqdad said. "We have begun distributing them on the front lines, they will be in the hands of professional officers and FSA fighters," he said. He did not specify what weapons had been received or when they had arrived, but added that a new shipment was expecting in coming days and recalled that the rebels had asked for "deterrent weapons." The apparent influx of weapons comes after the United States said it would provide rebel forces with "military support," although it has declined to outline what that might entail. "The weapons will be used for one objective, which is to fight the regime of (President) Bashir al-Assad," Muqdad insisted. "They will be collected after the fall of the regime, we have made this commitment to the friends and brotherly countries" who supplied the weapons, he said. On Thursday, Muqdad said rebels needed short-range ground-to-air missiles, surface-to-air missiles known as MANPADS, anti-tank missiles, mortars and ammunition. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Afghanistan redux, circa 1980s, supplying the Mujahideen with stinger missiles against the Soviets. It worked out well for awhile... |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-22 10:46 |
| #5 Markings on the boxes correspond with Libyan arms and ammo shipped to Qadaffi. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-06-22 09:12 |
| #4 What could go right? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-06-22 07:34 |
| #3 What could go wrong? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-22 02:26 |
| #2 WORLD NEWS > [BBC] IDRISS: SYRIAN REBELS "CAN FIGHT HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON". Not news SecState Kerry wants to hear??? and * TOPIX > [JPost] REBELS: WE WON'T ATTACK ISRAEL IFF IT INVADES SYRIA. Does this mean the Rebs W-I-L-L attack Israel iff the latter does N-O-T invade Syria??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-22 01:47 |
| #1 As per BIG NEWS NETWORK + TOPIX, a Bill has been introduced before the US Congress barring the Bammer from arming the Syrian rebs until certain conditions are met. As likely due to the following, in part, among other GOP-DEM + Euro concerns per the Rebs ... * BIG NEWS NETWORK > [The National] SYRIAN REBELS' LEADER URGES EXTREMIST FIGHTERS TO UNIFY [under FSA Coalition banner] IN RETURN FOR [getting a share of] ADVANCED WEAPONS, i.e. ostensibly US, NATO-EU, + Israeli, etal. supplied advanced weapons. Gen. Salim Idriss. Only pre-condition is that the Extremists don't give or share any advanced weapons they receive from the FSA wid Al-Qaeda = Al-Nusra - WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG??? versus * WAFF > [UPI.com] BETTER THE DEVIL WE KNOW THAN DEMONS WE CAN ONLY WAGER IFF ASSAD FALLS. * ASSOCIATED PRESS > RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [Sergei Lavrov]: SYRIA PEACE CONFERENCE COULD BE DERAILED IFF US PUSHES FOR NO-FLY ZONE, as a NFZ wold only encourage the Syrian Rebs to keep fighting??? * RELATED TOPIX > [Reuters] RUSSIA SAYS US RISKS AL-QAIDA "BOOMERANG" WID SYRIA REBELS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-22 00:46 |