|
Syria Opposition Allies Discuss Arms Delivery in Turkey Talks
[An Nahar] Representatives from countries that support the Syrian opposition met Friday in Istanbul with rebel military chief General Selim Idriss, to discuss the possible delivery of weapons, a Syrian opposition front man said."Over the next 24 to 48 hours, there are going to be several meetings between the Syrian Military Council (SMC) and different countries to understand the needs of the SMC and to begin to really satisfy those needs," said Khaled Saleh, a front man for the opposition Syrian National Council. "At this stage, we expect that the international community would begin to supply the SMC... with sophisticated arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles because that is what the Assad regime uses," Saleh added. Up to now the Western countries backing the opposition against Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad The Scourge of Hama... have refused to supply the rebels with weapons, fearing they could land in the hands of Islamist bad turbans. But the United States has now toughened its line on Syria, promising rebels weapons for the first time, after saying it had evidence the regime had used chemical weapons, a charge Damascus dismissed on Friday as "lies." Posted by: Fred 2013-06-15 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=370270 |