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2013-03-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From C.I.A.

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Posted by Steve White 2013-03-26 09:07|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 "People hear the amounts flowing in, and it is huge... But they burn through a million rounds of ammo in two weeks."

Lack of fire discipline, methinks.

The question is: what happens if and when the rebels take over. The weapons will still be around...

Posted by Pappy 2013-03-26 10:49|| 2013-03-26 10:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Just like Libya, they'll send them off to the latest Arab Spring hotspot.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-26 11:33|| 2013-03-26 11:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Nothing on Flightradar this morning for Syria, so it all must be bullshi*....

[sarc off]

(klik on the airplane image planes for flight data info and POO (points of origin).

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-26 11:43|| 2013-03-26 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 A bit more on the Croatian gun running.

Posted by tipper 2013-03-26 11:46|| 2013-03-26 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks like everyone is now in the game. The grenade launcher in Tipper's link appears to be a Milkor MGL Mk.1, 40mm,

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-26 11:57|| 2013-03-26 11:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Might be ironic if the next Arab Spring hotspot was Qatar.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-26 13:36|| 2013-03-26 13:36|| Front Page Top

#7 EU, I hope that the next hotspot is in Abu Dhabi, Qatar or Dubai and takes out the site of the European PGA.

There's something humorous in a bunch of European golfers finding out what really happens in their oh so pristine paradise.

Posted by AlanC 2013-03-26 14:49|| 2013-03-26 14:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Why EU, that's ... that's ... diabolical.

I love it.

Problem is, if Qatar goes under it's pro'lly to Iran, and we don't need the Mad Mullahs on the west side of the Gulf.

Though it is a good seed location for the Republic of Eastern Arabia that we at the Burg talked about a good decade ago...

Posted by Steve White 2013-03-26 15:00|| 2013-03-26 15:00|| Front Page Top

#9 "But they burn through a million rounds of ammo in two weeks."

Most if it shooting holes in clouds!

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2013-03-26 15:59|| 2013-03-26 15:59|| Front Page Top

#10 "But they burn through a million rounds of ammo in two weeks."
So that's why there is a shortage of ammo in the U.S army
Nice to see that the Muslim Brotherhood which controls the critical sections of the U.S. government are looking after their Al Qaeda affiliated Muslim "brothers"

Posted by tipper 2013-03-26 16:53|| 2013-03-26 16:53|| Front Page Top

#11 I don't care about the European golfers but I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to Phil Mickelson. But, seriously, Qatar is playing a dangerous game best left to professionals like Hillary Clinton and John Kerry.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-26 17:11|| 2013-03-26 17:11|| Front Page Top

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