Stephen Lendman: Washington Arming Syrian Insurgents!

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• Washington Arming Syrian Insurgents! 
  by Stephen Lendman, http://sjlendman.blogspot.sg/ 
  It’s no surprise. It’s an open secret. It’s been ongoing since early last year directly and/or indirectly. Rhetorically supporting peace while waging war exposes Washington’s transparent hypocrisy.
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  On June 15, the UK Daily Telegraph headlined “US holds high-level talks with Syrian rebels seeking weapons in Washington,” saying:
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  In the past week, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) representative met with outgoing Syrian ambassador Robert Ford and special Syrian coordinator Frederick Hof at the State Department.
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  Meetings with senior National Security Council officials were also held. FSA members want heavy weapons. They include anti-tank missiles and heavy machine guns.
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  “(T)he Daily Telegraph has learned that advanced contingency plans are already in place to supply heavy weapons to the rebels, including sophisticated anti-tank weapons and surface to-air-missiles.”
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  Plans may crystallize at the upcoming June 30 Geneva Friends of Syria meeting. The June 18-19 Los Cabos, Mexico summit will focus more on Eurozone economic crisis conditions. Syria discussions won’t change Russian and Chinese opposition to military intervention.
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  Nonetheless, Obama and Putin will hold bilateral talks. It’ll be their first meeting since Putin’s reelection. Obama will also meet privately with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Expect no Syrian breakthroughs. Unnamed “(s)enior Middle East diplomatic sources” said large insurgent weapons supplies are already stockpiled. “(I)nevitable” intervention is coming. At issue is toppling Assad. One unnamed source said:
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  It “will happen. It is not a question of ‘if,’ but ‘when.’ “
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  “Middle Eastern diplomatic sources said that the Obama administration was fully aware of the preparations being made to arm Syrian opposition groups.” “The US has also agreed to be part of a group of countries that coordinates assistance to the rebels, the sources said, but was still deliberating over the time frame for escalation.”
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