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Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:23 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"mart unknown"
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Please distribute widely
Surprise! Surprise! The U.S. Has Been Secretly Training Syrian Rebels for
Months.
I'm not sure why this '*Atlantic Wire/Yahoo News*' news story - despite
the months of ongoing U.S. government lies, denials and feigned ignorance
and innocence - ie even really "*news*", except perhaps to the most
obtuse and politically naive and ignorant, But just in case anybody out
there didn't already know or suspect, here it is....
Mart
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http://news.yahoo.com/u-
The Atlantic Wire, via Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com.
The U.S. Has Been Secretly Training Syrian Rebels for Months
By Dashiell Bennett | The Atlantic Wire – Fri, Jun 21,
President Obama has ignited a debate about if and how the U.S. should get
involved in the Syria Civil War, but it turns out the debate might have
ended a long time ago. The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday that CIA
agents and Special Forces units have been giving Free Syrian Army soldiers
a crash course in using anti-tank and anti-aircraft weaponry at secret U.S.
training bases in Jordan and Turkey.
The training began last November and involves taking a couple dozen rebels
at a time, and teaching them how to use the heavy weaponry. Around 100
total rebels from across Syria have taken part.
While the Americans did not give the Syrians weapons to take back to the
front, arms shipments from Saudi Arabia and Qatar were meant to supply the
rebel forces. However, the L.A. Times report says the heavy weapons were
slow to arrive and small in number.
The training programs also apparently served a dual purpose, as it they
gave CIA officers an opportunity to talk to the rebel fighters and learn
what they could about the situation inside Syria.
The U.S. has publicly stated that the Assad government has
used chemical weapons (a claim not everyone is buying) and is now
considering increased support to the rebel armies. That could include
versions of the very weapons these rebel groups were trained on, but many
are worried if those weapons might someday be used against American or
their allies. But those concerns, or the concerns of the Russia, the United
Nations, or anyone else in the international community, have obviously not
been enough to stop the U.S. from trying to influence the outcome of the
war.
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Please distribute widely
Surprise! Surprise! The U.S. Has Been Secretly Training Syrian Rebels for
Months.
I'm not sure why this '*Atlantic Wire/Yahoo News*' news story - despite
the months of ongoing U.S. government lies, denials and feigned ignorance
and innocence - ie even really "*news*", except perhaps to the most
obtuse and politically naive and ignorant, But just in case anybody out
there didn't already know or suspect, here it is....
Mart
--------------------------
http://news.yahoo.com/u-
The Atlantic Wire, via Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com.
The U.S. Has Been Secretly Training Syrian Rebels for Months
By Dashiell Bennett | The Atlantic Wire – Fri, Jun 21,
President Obama has ignited a debate about if and how the U.S. should get
involved in the Syria Civil War, but it turns out the debate might have
ended a long time ago. The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday that CIA
agents and Special Forces units have been giving Free Syrian Army soldiers
a crash course in using anti-tank and anti-aircraft weaponry at secret U.S.
training bases in Jordan and Turkey.
The training began last November and involves taking a couple dozen rebels
at a time, and teaching them how to use the heavy weaponry. Around 100
total rebels from across Syria have taken part.
While the Americans did not give the Syrians weapons to take back to the
front, arms shipments from Saudi Arabia and Qatar were meant to supply the
rebel forces. However, the L.A. Times report says the heavy weapons were
slow to arrive and small in number.
The training programs also apparently served a dual purpose, as it they
gave CIA officers an opportunity to talk to the rebel fighters and learn
what they could about the situation inside Syria.
The U.S. has publicly stated that the Assad government has
used chemical weapons (a claim not everyone is buying) and is now
considering increased support to the rebel armies. That could include
versions of the very weapons these rebel groups were trained on, but many
are worried if those weapons might someday be used against American or
their allies. But those concerns, or the concerns of the Russia, the United
Nations, or anyone else in the international community, have obviously not
been enough to stop the U.S. from trying to influence the outcome of the
war.
========================
Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:43 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://en.trend.az/regions/sca
Trend News Agency
June 24, 2013
NATO delegation to attend seeing off ceremony of Georgian soldiers to Afghanistan
N. Kirtzkhalia
Tbilisi: A NATO delegation within its visit to Georgia will take part in a seeing off ceremony of Georgian soldiers to Afghanistan.
The visit of the NATO delegation led by Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is scheduled for June 26-27.
The delegation will hold meetings with the Georgian President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Parliament, foreign minister, defense minister and secretary of the Security Council.
A meeting of the NATO-Georgia commission with Georgian Prime Minister will be also held.
Delegation members will meet with representatives of international, non-governmental organizations and the media.
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Trend News Agency
June 24, 2013
NATO delegation to attend seeing off ceremony of Georgian soldiers to Afghanistan
N. Kirtzkhalia
Tbilisi: A NATO delegation within its visit to Georgia will take part in a seeing off ceremony of Georgian soldiers to Afghanistan.
The visit of the NATO delegation led by Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is scheduled for June 26-27.
The delegation will hold meetings with the Georgian President, Prime Minister, Speaker of the Parliament, foreign minister, defense minister and secretary of the Security Council.
A meeting of the NATO-Georgia commission with Georgian Prime Minister will be also held.
Delegation members will meet with representatives of international, non-governmental organizations and the media.
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Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:23 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"ANTIC.org-SNN" minimaks
NSA leaker Snowden arrives in Moscow en route to 'third country' with WikiLeaks help
Get short URL <http://rt.com/news/snowden-fl
Published time: June 23, 2013 07:47
Edited time: June 23, 2013 15:34
Journalists show an iPad with the picture of Edward Snowden, former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency, to passengers of a flight from Hong Kong trying to find out if Snowden was aboard the plane, in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, June
The plane carrying whistleblower Edward Snowden has landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. The former CIA contractor, who left Hong Kong in a bid to elude US extradition on espionage charges, is on his way to a ‘third country’ via Russia.
Interfax news agency is citing an unnamed source in Sheremetyevo airport management, saying that Snowden is still at the airport.
"Snowden is a transit passenger, his next flight is to Cuba, he remains in the airport complex – where he’s supposed to be, waiting for the next flight," the source said.
A source in the Aeroflot company told the agency that the whistleblower, who is accompanied by WikiLeaks representative, Sarah Harrison, has rented a suit at the airport’s «V-Express» Capsule Hotel.
“He arrived. But he can’t leave the terminal because he doesn’t have a Russian visa,” the source said.
Two cars with diplomatic numbers of Ecuador – the country named among Snowden’s possible destinations – were spotted at Sheremetyevo airport.
RT’s source reported a doctor from the Ecuadorian embassy in Moscow has examined Snowden on his arrival in the Russian capital.
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, told Australian Sydney Morning Herald paper that Snowden will be met by “diplomats from the country that will be his ultimate destination” in the airport, who’ll accompany him on a further flight to his destination.
Two cars of the embassy of Ecuador in Moscow are parked outside the terminal where Edward Snowden, the former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency, is believed to have landed in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, June 23, 2013. (Reuters / Maxim Shemetov)
Earlier on Sunday, a spokesperson from the Hong Kong government confirmed that Edward Snowden had "legally and voluntarily" left the country.
“Mr. Edward Snowden left Hong Kong today (June 23) on his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel,” said the Hong Kong government in a press release. The statement also said the documents for Snowden’s extradition submitted by Washington “did not fully comply with the legal requirements under Hong Kong law.”
“As the HKSAR Government has yet to have sufficient information to process the request for a provisional warrant of arrest, there is no legal basis to restrict Mr. Snowden from leaving Hong Kong.”
WikiLeaks legal aid
Whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks has rallied behind Snowden and said they are assisting him in his bid for political asylum in a “democratic country.” The group announced on Twitter that they helped obtain “travel documents” and ensured his safe exit from Hong Kong. Diplomats and legal advisors from WikiLeaks legal team were also accompanying the NSA leaker on his flight to Moscow, WikiLeaks said in a statement.
A source from Aeroflot told Interfax that Snowden took flight SU213 to Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin was unaware of Snowden’s plans to fly to Moscow. The US has filed an extradition order against Snowden for espionage, theft and conversion of government property.
It is understood that Moscow will not be Snowden’s final destination, he could potentially fly on to Ecuador or Iceland where he has allegedly seeking asylum through intermediary. A diplomatic source told the Russian news agency Itar-Tass that no request for asylum in Russia had been received from the former CIA employee.
Citing a source close to Snowden, Russian news agency Interfax reported that the whistleblower’s final destination will be Venezuela with a transfer in Havana, Cuba. He will reportedly be on flight SU150 to Havana, leaving Moscow on Monday and then on flight V-04101 to Caracas.
“He chose such a complicated route in the hope that he would not be arrested on the way to his final destination of Venezuela,” the source told Interfax.
The US will seek cooperation with governments of countries where Snowden may go, Justice Department Spokeswoman Nanda Chitre stated on Sunday.
“We will continue to discuss this matter with Hong Kong and pursue relevant law enforcement cooperation with other countries where Mr. Snowden may be attempting to travel,” she said, as cited by Reuters
http://rt.com/news/snowden-fly
