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Reuters) - A senior member of Saudi Arabia's monarchy called on Friday for Syrian rebels to be given anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to "level the playing field" in their battle against President Bashar al-Assad.

"What is needed are sophisticated, high-level weapons that can bring down planes, can take out tanks at a distance. This is not getting through," said Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former intelligence chief and brother of the Saudi foreign minister.

Insurgents in Syria have seized territory in the north of the country and control suburbs to the east and south of the capital, but Assad's air power and continued army strength have limited their advances 22 months into the conflict.

"I'm not in government so I don't have to be diplomatic. I assume we're sending weapons and if we were not sending weapons it would be terrible mistake on our part," the Saudi prince said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

"You have to level the playing field. Most of the weapons the rebels have come from captured Syrian stocks and defectors bringing their weapons," he said.

More than 60,000 people have been killed in the conflict, which started nearly two years ago with mainly peaceful protests but has mushroomed into a civil war that has driven half a million people from the country and displaced many more.

King Abdullah of Jordan, which has taken in some 300,000 Syrian refugees, 20,000 of them in the last week, told the Davos meeting that anyone who thought Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was going to fall within weeks did not understand the complex situation and the balance of forces.

One major problem was that radical al Qaeda forces had established themselves in Syria for the last year and were receiving money and equipment from abroad, he said.

NEW TALIBAN IN SYRIA?

Noting that Jordanian forces were still fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan alongside NATO troops, he said: "The new Taliban we are going to have to deal with will be in Syria."

Even in the most optimistic scenario, it would take at least three years to "clean them up" after the fall of the Assad government, the monarch said.

He called for major powers to craft "a real and inclusive transition plan" for Syria, saying the army must be preserved intact to form the backbone of any new system and avoid the anarchy that prevailed in Iraq after the U.S.-led 2003 invasion.

The United Nations should stockpile food and emergency supplies in Jordan to be moved into areas of Syria controlled by the opposition to prevent more people leaving.

Syria has accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, the United States and France of funding and arming the rebels, something they have all denied. But U.N. diplomats say that weapons are clearly reaching the rebels via Gulf Arab states and Turkey.

Saudi Arabia has called in the past for the rebels to be armed, but diplomats say that Western countries are reluctant to allow sophisticated weapons into the country, fearing they would fall into the hands of increasingly powerful Islamist forces.

The United States has designated one Islamist group in Syria - the Nusra Front - as a terrorist organization and expressed concern about the growing Islamist militant strength in Syria.

But the Saudi prince said foreign powers should have enough information on the many rebel brigades to ensure weapons only reached specific groups.

"Leveling the plain militarily should go hand in hand with a diplomatic initiative ... You can select the good guys and give them these means and build their credibility," he said.

"Now they don't have the means, and the extremists have the means and are getting the prestige."



Please Note that prince Turkey Al-Faisal doesn't hold any official position in the Saudi government.


Saudi prince calls for Syrian rebels to be armed | Reuters
 
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Let me get this straight .

Saudi plan is first to arm the insurgents in fight against Assad .

Later when assad Falls fight the Insurgents ??


What in the name of Flying Spaghetti are they thinking !!
 
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Let me get this straight .

Saudi plan is first to arm the insurgents in fight against Assad .

Later when assad Falls fight the Insurgents ??


What in the name of Flying Spaghetti are they thinking !!
All they want is to kill Syrians and shed Syrian blood, if he really cared about Syrians he would have called for peaceful solution, like I said before, Saudi "Arabia" does not care about Syrians, they just care about pleasing the west and Israel, and Saudi "Arabia" wants to keep the Syrian conflict going so the media will be busy with it, instead of Bahrain's and East Saudi "Arabia"
 
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Saudi prince: heavy armed the terrorists.....:coffee:

instead of calling for peace, he is calling for more bloodshed, more weapons mean longing the war and more Syrian blood shed..
didn't the whole arab league proposed peace to Assad many times but refused?

Let me get this straight .

Saudi plan is first to arm the insurgents in fight against Assad .

Later when assad Falls fight the Insurgents ??


What in the name of Flying Spaghetti are they thinking !!

you failed to understand the article.
 
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didn't the whole arab league proposed peace to Assad many times but refused?



you failed to understand the article.
and didn't Alasad propose elections under the UN eyes for over a year now, and the west and its puppet refuse? if they claim Alasad have no popularity then Alasad would lose right? so why not have an election? Because they know Alasad will win the elections, because they know Syrian people would elect him..
 
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All they want is to kill Syrians and shed Syrian blood, if he really cared about Syrians he would have called for peaceful solution, like I said before, Saudi "Arabia" does not care about Syrians, they just care about pleasing the west and Israel, and Saudi "Arabia" wants to keep the Syrian conflict going so the media will be busy with it, instead of Bahrain's and East Saudi "Arabia"

Thats is not right...Saudi Arabia has call for Assad to stop the killing and to promote national dialogue. i can post many videos and articles officially resealed by KSA.
 
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Thats is not right...Saudi Arabia has call for Assad to stop the killing and to promote national dialogue. i can post many videos and articles officially resealed by KSA.

the only way Alasad can stop "killing" is when there is no armed terrorists in the country, and if he continues every Syrian would raise against him. In order for peace to happen, fighting must end, and the only way to end fighting is to stop giving terrorists weapons to shed Syrian blood, the Syrian Army and the Syrian people have the right to kill any armed person trying to create chaos and terrorism...
 
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and didn't Alasad propose elections under the UN eyes for over a year now, and the west and its puppet refuse? if they claim Alasad have no popularity then Alasad would lose right? so why not have an election? Because they know Alasad will win the elections, because they know Syrian people would elect him..

you are wrong Assad failed to comply with Annan peace plane.

After one year of slaughtering calling for election?
Can an election take place in the middle of a violence?
there have been many conferences where the syrian oppositions stated their points.



the only way Alasad can stop "killing" is when there is no armed terrorists in the country, and if he continues every Syrian would raise against him. In order for peace to happen, fighting must end, and the only way to end fighting is to stop giving terrorists weapons to shed Syrian blood, the Syrian Army and the Syrian people have the right to kill any armed person trying to create chaos and terrorism...

Let us talk about the first period of the syrian uprising? before the formation of the FSA.?
How many have defected so far? what about the people displaced...the oppositions! are they terrorists too? people inside syria in Halb, Adlb, dir zur, kufrsosh, dra'a and many other places?
 
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Let me get this straight .

Saudi plan is first to arm the insurgents in fight against Assad .

Later when assad Falls fight the Insurgents ??


What in the name of Flying Spaghetti are they thinking !!

above can be a good flop movie..........wake up!
 
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you are wrong Assad failed to comply with Annan peace plane.

After one year of slaughtering calling for election?
Can an election take place in the middle of a violence?
there have been many conferences where the syrian oppositions stated their points.





Let us talk about the first period of the syrian uprising? before the formation of the FSA.?
How many have defected so far? what about the people displaced...the oppositions! are they terrorists too? people inside syria in Halb, Adlb, dir zur, kufrsosh, dra'a and many other places?

FSA 1% "Syrians" and 99% foreigners, i just posted a thread how there is terrorists from Spain. there are 65k terrorists from outside the country... so stop saying FSA is made up of Syrians, while in reality its 99% foreigners and Alqaeda.

And you still fail to understand the reality, how can Alasad last, if the majority against him? the west and gcc and turkey against him? Alasad is nothing without the Syrian people.
 
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I think it will not bring peace in Syria. It is OK if arms are given for defense purpose only and to save civilians from truculent forces of Assad. There should be table talk to bring peace, There is no medium way, either table war or go for full scale war for the sake of civilians and their future. Supply of Heavy weapons will only bring bloodshed and more destruction.
 
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We need Khalifa man. I'm telling ya! Everything will be sorted. saudi "Arabia" is bunch of ....
 
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