CIA officers are
helping allies decide which Syrian armed groups will receive automatic rifles,
rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and antitank weapons being funneled across
the Turkish border, according to The New York Times.
The small number
of officers has been operating secretly in southern Turkey for several weeks.
The Obama
administration also is considering helping the armed groups setup their own
intelligence service and providing satellite imagery and other intelligence of
Syrian troops locations and movements. stripes.com
“[The U.S.] is
providing arms to the Syrian opposition which are being used against the Syrian
government,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last week, reports USA
Today. The CIA, MI6 and
Mossad also supported rebels consulted with Obama’s National Security Council
and presented a shopping list of heavy weapons, including surface-to-air
missiles. Infowars The U.S.
military had completed its own planning for how American troops would conduct a
variety of operations against Syria, or to assist neighboring countries in the
event action was ordered. CNN Much of the
planning has centered around Jordan, and U.S. special forces are already on the
ground “advising” Jordan on their possible options to take against Syria.
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