Is The U.S. 'Funneling' Arms From Libya To Syria?

A militant mans an anti-aircraft heavy machinegun in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo. (File photo)

Rep: 'Blissful Silence' From Pentagon On Questions Over Arms Shipments From Libya To Syria -- FOX News

A U.S. congressman is complaining that the Pentagon has ignored his inquiries into whether the U.S. is helping facilitate the movement of arms from Libya to the Syrian opposition.

"If it is true, it's disturbing. The U.S. doesn't have a good record of arming so-called rebel groups and in some cases those weapons have been used against us and our allies," said Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Poe has posed the question twice to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The inquiries from Poe and others on Capitol Hill come amid claims that weapons are at least traveling from Libya to Syria. Sources told Fox News last week that the movement of arms from Libya to support Syrian fighters is well-known in Benghazi and began almost immediately after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi.

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