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Obama, Erdogan Agree on 'Non-Lethal' Aid for Syria's Rebels
[An Nahar] U.S. President Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Sunday on the need to send "non-lethal" aid to Syrian rebels, including communications equipment, a U.S. official said.

The two leaders agreed that a "Friends of Syria" group meeting on April 1 should seek to provide such aid and also medical supplies, as they met in South Korea on the eve of a nuclear security summit, said U.S. deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes.

Washington has said several times that it is looking at providing non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels battling the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
, whom the United States says should step down.

The rebels are badly outgunned by Syria's armed forces but the White House has said that it does not favor arming the rebels, arguing that further "militarizing" the conflict would worsen civilian bloodshed.

Washington has also ruled out unilateral military action in Syria, and says there is no coalition favoring multilateral action like that which ousted Libya's Muammar Qadaffy
...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland...
last year.

In the talks with Erdogan, Obama said the United States and Turkey agreed that "there should be a process" of transition to a "legitimate government" in Syria.

Erdogan noted that 17,000 refugees had decamped to Turkey from Syria and said "we cannot be spectators" to the humanitarian crisis sparked by the crackdown on rebel groups that has killed more than 9,000 people, according to monitors.

Posted by: Fred 2012-03-26
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