Rand Paul: Obama in guns-to-jihadists cover-up?

WND ^ | January 21, 2013 | Unattributed

[Perseverando]

'A kind of international Fast and Furious in Benghazi'

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., raised questions during a radio interview today about whether the Obama administration was smuggling guns to jihadist rebels in a possible “international Fast and Furious” that the White House has tried to cover up.

Speaking on “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” on New York’s WABC Radio, Paul said the guns scheme could help explain the reason for the coordinated attacks against the U.S. special mission and CIA annex in Benghazi last September.

Stated Paul: “There is also some concern about whether or not Libyan arms are being ferried through Turkey into Syrian rebels and whether or not that had something to do with the cover-up that came out of the administration when the administration was saying that, ‘Oh, this attack in Benghazi had something to do with a film.’

“Maybe that was to cover up that there was some kind of gun smuggling going on over there, some kind of international fast and furious was going on in Libya and that this was a cover-up,” Paul continued. “These are some of the questions that we are going to have for Hillary Clinton when she comes before our committee.

“I am very concerned about the president giving arms to Syrian rebels,” Paul told Klein.

The politician, who will serve on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the U.S.-backed rebels in Syria include jihadists tied to al-Qaida.

“There’s about a million Christians in Syria, one of the largest populations of Christians are in Syria. They are not necessarily siding with the rebels because many of the rebels are extremist radical Islamists such as Al-Nusra elements of al-Qaida. And there is concern that the Christians will not be tolerated, will be wiped out if the rebels win,” Paul said.

[no-to-illegals]

If you figure out how to keep things from remaining the same would you share that information? Congress, or rather the majority in congress, is perfectly satisfied the way things are. Going nowhere fast in congress. zer0 has his people in places of law enforcement to cover this up and stay any type of arrests. The lamestream-drive-bys? ... they work for the zer0 moslem crowd. This is not your fault, it is not my fault. Each of us is as frustrated as you. Stay Safe, FRiends.

[miserare]

Rand Paul is the only one who gets it.

He’s my frontrunner for 2016.

[Crucial]

I’m so proud of Rand. I Don’t know of any politicians that have said this, only some on FR.

[SunkenCiv]

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