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2013-06-22 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria Rebels Say They Received New Types of Arms

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Posted by Fred 2013-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#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|| 2013-06-22 00:46|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-06-22 01:47|| Front Page Top

#3 What could go wrong?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-06-22 02:26|| 2013-06-22 02:26|| Front Page Top

#4 What could go right?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-06-22 07:34|| 2013-06-22 07:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Markings on the boxes correspond with Libyan arms and ammo shipped to Qadaffi.

Posted by Pappy 2013-06-22 09:12|| 2013-06-22 09:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2013-06-22 10:46|| Front Page Top

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