Thursday, June 21, 2012

CIA Secretly Arming Syria's Rebels With Turkey's Help


C.I.A. Said To Aid In Steering Arms To Syrian Opposition -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — A small number of C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government, according to American officials and Arab intelligence officers.

The weapons, including automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and some antitank weapons, are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadowy network of intermediaries including Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the officials said.

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More News On The CIA Funneling Weapons To Syria's Rebels

Report: CIA Aids In Funneling Arms To Syrian Rebels -- Christian Science Monitor
Administration mum on claims CIA helping steer arms to Syrian opposition -- FOX News
CIA vetting arms flow to Syria rebels: report -- AFP
CIA joins allies helping Syrian opposition -- UPI
Report: US Helping Syrian Rebels Arm, Fight -- Voice of America
Revealed: CIA secretly operates on Syrian border, supplies arms to rebels -- RT
Report: CIA helps to steer arms to Syria opposition -- YNet News
New York Times: CIA officers regulating arms traffic to Syria opposition groups -- Haaretz
C.I.A. helping to direct weapons to Syrian opposition -- Foreign Policy
The CIA Is Guiding Weapons into Syria -- Atlantic Wire
CIA Syria Secret Plan To Help Rebels Risks Arming 'Bad Guys' -- Andrea Stone, Huffington post
‘We Don’t Know Who The Good Guys’ in Syria Are, But That Won’t Stop CIA -- Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room

My Comment: The U.S. is .... of course .... denying this story.

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