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US sends advanced weapons to Syrian rebels. Take THAT, Vladi !!

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US sends small number of advanced weapons to Syrian rebels
Published April 19, 2014
The Wall Street Journal


April 9, 2014: Rebel fighters carry their weapons as they walk along a street in the town of Morek in Hama province.REUTERS

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have supplied Syrian rebel groups with a small number of advanced American antitank missiles for the first time in a pilot program that could lead to larger flows of sophisticated weaponry, people briefed on the effort said.

The new willingness to arm these rebels comes after the failure of U.S.-backed peace talks in January and recent regime gains on the battlefield. It also follows a reorganization of Western-backed fighters aimed at creating a more effective military force and increasing protection for Christian and other religious minorities—something of particular importance to Washington.

This shift is seen as a test of whether the U.S. can find a trustworthy rebel partner able to keep sophisticated weapons out of the hands of extremists, Saudi and Syrian opposition figures said. The U.S. has long feared that if it does supply advanced arms, the weapons will wind up with radical groups—some tied to al Qaeda—which have set up bases in opposition-held territory.

The White House would neither confirm nor deny it had provided the TOW armor-piercing antitank systems, the first significant supply of sophisticated U.S. weapons systems to rebels. But U.S. officials did say they are working to bolster the rebels' ability to fight the regime.

Rebels and their Saudi backers hope the Obama administration will be persuaded to ease its long-standing resistance to supplying advanced weaponry that could tip the balance in the grinding civil war—especially shoulder-fired missiles capable of bringing down planes.

Some of the TOWs provided to rebels since March are equipped with a complex, fingerprint-keyed security device that controls who can fire it, said Mustafa Alani, a senior security analyst at the Geneva-based Gulf Research Center who is regularly briefed by Saudi officials on security matters.

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today they are freedom fighters , and when they say No to USA democrazy than they become terrorist and Al-Qaeda members , hats of to the stupidity of America and American peoples ...
 
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If true this is a mistake by the US imo. There are no good guys in this civil war. I would argue that some of these rebel groups coming into power will be more dangerous for the US and the world than Assad.

The US should have let things play out and sit it out for now.
 
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did US learn anything from 9/11??...... from creating and equipping terrorists what did US gain??
 
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take that vladi? You mean take that last bastion of secularism in the middle east. youre a true american and showed how americans really are


They are BOTH our enemy. Just because Assad doesn't scream 'Alu Akbar' before he drops a barrel bomb doesn't mean anything.
 
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Equipping cannibal rebels over Assad does make sense...
 
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take that vladi? You mean take that last bastion of secularism in the middle east. youre a true american and showed how americans really are
Lol since when is Syria secular?:rofl:
The only real secular country in ME is Turkey.

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Lol since when is Syria secular?:rofl:
The only real secular country in ME is Turkey.

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Syria has only been left out of that pic and some others due to it's situation, Syria was really secular pre this war, like other states ruled by the ba'ath party before.
 
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Syria has only been left out of that pic and some others due to it's situation, Syria was really secular pre this war, like other states ruled by the ba'ath party before.
Nope.
Article 3 of the 1973 Syrian constitution declares Islamic jurisprudence one of Syria's main sources of legislation.[89] The Personal Status Law 59 of 1953 (amended by Law 34 of 1975) is essentially a codified Sharia law.[90] The Code of Personal Status is applied to Muslims by Sharia courts.[91] In Sharia courts, a woman's testimony is worth only half of a man's.[92]
Application of sharia law by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Before the war it was secular
Do you have a problem with reading?


Article 3 of the 1973 Syrian constitution declares Islamic jurisprudence one of Syria's main sources of legislation.[89] The Personal Status Law 59 of 1953 (amended by Law 34 of 1975) is essentially a codified Sharia law.[90] The Code of Personal Status is applied to Muslims by Sharia courts.[91] In Sharia courts, a woman's testimony is worth only half of a man's.[92]

Application of sharia law by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The religion of the President of the Republic is Islam; Islamic jurisprudence shall be a major source of legislation; The State shall respect all religions, and ensure the freedom to perform all the rituals that do not prejudice public order; The personal status of religious communities shall be protected and respected.

Refworld | Syrian Arab Republic: Constitution, 2012
 
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