Posted on 09/12/2013 5:20:10 AM PDT by xzins
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the CIA has been delivering light machine guns and other small arms to Syrian rebels for several weeks, following President Barack Obama’s decision to arm the rebels.
The agency has also arranged for the Syrian opposition to receive anti-tank weaponry like rocket-propelled grenades through a third party, presumably one of the Gulf countries that has been arming the rebels, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official and two former intelligence officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the classified program publicly.
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It hasn't been "safe to say" much of anything for over 5 years.
Lots of equipment went through Benghazi.
CIA is just doing its job: seeding instability and starting wars.
From nearly a year ago.
Weeks, try since the civil war started.
7.62X39 (AK, SKS, etc) and 9X18 (Makarov) are east bloc ammo, and that's part of the recent purchases. Unless Duh-1 is arming his private army with East Bloc weapons here at home, and not just .40s and mil spec US stuff, the East Bloc ammo has likely been going to the terrorists.
Is it treason yet?
Welcome to Free Republic
Both sides of war sponsored by the same party.
They were doing that when Stevens got bumped.
Speaking of which, on the facilitators, Turkey:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/13/world/europe/turkey-us-soldiers/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter
As usual, consider the source (CTS)
OT: Bathe in the irony
(CTS)
Wonder if Hans Blix is still around....blick? blic? blik?
Whatever his name was. :>)
FYI
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/09/09/2812927/chemicals-allegedly-used-in-syria.html
A lot of thin news and propaganda out there.
Bingo.
Remember when Obie wanted to declare war on the floor?
They also asked for ‘humanitarian’ funds, which they got.
I guess this is their idea of MREs. /s
Alamogal, the intel committees can approve this without bringing to the floor re: funding?
Is this the vote re: Obama asking for declaration of war on one hand and ‘humanitarian’ funding on the other?
I think it was no re: declaration and yes on funding?
Anyone have the THOMAS page re: funding bill?
Time for an inventory check... as well as an audit on where each US taxpayer dollar went re: funding Syria, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan.
We should go all the way back to Bali and Mauritania, when this ‘spring’ kicked off.
7.62x39
Gotta move those Iraq weapons back from whence they came before they blow the lid off of ‘no WMD in Iraq’ meme...lol
Why isn’t supplying arms to a group which is at war considered an act of war which should require Congressional approval?
I still remember when Rove took the long knives out against the Tea Party.
Adding this to the mix ...
Reuters:
Qaeda tells Syria fighters to shun secularists in sign of deeper rebel rift
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3067030/posts
Thanks xzins.
Arab League to back Russian plan on Syria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3065199/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3066784/posts?page=2#2
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