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Rebels brag about British and German spy aid
Syrian rebels boasted at the weekend that British and German intelligence services are increasingly involved in covert operations to help the rebels topple President Bashar al-Assad.German and British spies are apparently passing on information about Syrian troop movements to the rebels. "We can be proud of the significant contribution we are making to the fall of the Assad regime," an official from Germany's BND foreign intelligence service told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag. The paper said that German spies were stationed off the Syrian coast and also active at a Nato base in Turkey, whose government is sheltering Free Syrian Army rebels. Britain's Sunday Times also said that British intelligence was helping rebels launch successful attacks on government forces with information gathered from listening posts in nearby Cyprus. And just two days after his appointment, new UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi came under fire from the rebels for reportedly refusing to say whether President Assad should stand down. The rebels lashed out at the new envoy, branding his view that it was too soon for him to call for Mr Assad to go "unacceptable." Posted by: tipper 2012-08-19 |
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