U.S. Officials: CIA Has Been Supplying Arms To Syrian Rebels For Weeks

TPM ^ | September 12, 2013 | KIMBERLY DOZIER

[xzins]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the CIA has been delivering light machine guns and other small arms to Syrian rebels for several weeks, following President Barack Obama’s decision to arm the rebels.

The agency has also arranged for the Syrian opposition to receive anti-tank weaponry like rocket-propelled grenades through a third party, presumably one of the Gulf countries that has been arming the rebels, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official and two former intelligence officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the classified program publicly.

[Texas Fossil]

Bump! That was what Benghazi was about..

Take that to Obozo’s front door.

[fivecatsandadog]

Totally Agree. Excellent observation.

[edpc]

We’ve provided stingers to undesirables before, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility. Most likely, the anti-armor weaponry comprises of French MILANs, which are plentiful in the region.

[fivecatsandadog]

Fixed tag line

[xzins]

see #10

[The Sons of Liberty]

When airliners start to drop out of the sky thanks to Hussein supplying his bros with Stingers, THEN will Boehner start IMPEACHMENT?

[bgill]

"several weeks" > 52 weeks

My thoughts exactly. They've taken over our government and have been arming our enemies for the past 5 years while our Congress does nothing.

[Roccus]

The CIA has been supplying arms to the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East for at least a year. That was what Benghazi was all about. It’s time the lazy, worthless Republicans blow the lid off the Obama administration cesspool and reveal Hillary Clinton’s role in this debacle.

....and what is it about the GOP that leads you to believe they even WANT this revealed?

[xzins]

That wasn’t a streak going UP, it was an explosion going down. The eyewitnesses were just confused due to optical illusions....so said the government

Flight 800

[penelopesire]

Good luck with that.I believe there are some high profile republicans in on the rotten stinkin deal too...like McCain, Rodgers and other rinos on Senate Select Committee. That is why the Benghazi investigation is going nowhere IMHO. Obama knew he had to get some republicans in on the treasonous activity to provide cover and McCain was a willing accomplice. They should all be impeached!

[McGruff]

CIA Has Been Supplying Arms To Syrian Rebels...

And they still are losing the battle. That's why they implemented "Plan B". Stage a chemical attack so we can blame Assad and intervene on the rebels behave.

[Deetes]

Leak leak leak .

[The Sons of Liberty]

You’re right! The easy part for Hussein and his regime is that Bubba Klinton, liar extraordinaire, has already put together a ready made story for him to tell. Load it up on the teleprompter!

[cripplecreek]

Good luck with that. I believe there are some high profile republicans in on the rotten stinkin deal too...like McCain, Rogers and other rinos on Senate Select Committee.

Yup, that's why it disgusts me to hear clowns like McCain and Graham screaming for answers on Benghazi when they were the primary cheerleaders pushing to involve us with the Libyan jihadists.

We also shouldn't forget Grover Al Norquist, the muslim money man of the GOP.

[penelopesire]

Yes and Karl Rove too. He is the one that pushed some MB money men on Bush years ago too. He convinced Bush,against his better judgement, that these were so called ‘moderate’ Muslims and a ‘natural’ fit for republican policies. The MB has infiltrated every level of government and politics in both parties.

Term limits is the only way to fix this mess.

[cripplecreek]

And nothing will change until the infection is destroyed in BOTH parties.

[penelopesire]

Agree. I am actually more angry with the GOPe than I am with Obama. I knew Obama to be a treasonous Marxist...but when our own party has sold this country down a river...we have institutional corruption by the entire ruling elite. Very disturbing.

[XenaLee]

Anyone that knows his background, upbringing, family and past (and present) ties and associations is not surprised. For the rest....they’re too stupid and apathetic to care. A recipe for the takeover of America by our enemies.

[Uncle Miltie]

Were our arms used to murder the busload of Christians?

Were our arms used to commit the war crime of executing captured soldiers?

Just a couple of questions.

[CMB_polarization]

Elizabeth O'Bagy of the Institute for the Study of War, appears to have been prepared and set up to take a fall for McCain, Kerry and Obama, if the need arose. She supplied pro-Syrian opposition propaganda to the Administration and Congress.

She refuses to be interviewed, citing "legal issues" with the Institute. This could be a Benghazi-like situation where important witnesses are sequestered and even implicated in wrong doing by the very people who used her.