Is The US Now Admitting That It Is Sending Heavy Weapons To The Syrian Rebels?

Photo: Libya: Abandoned Weapons, Landmines, Unexploded Ordnance. Human Rights Watch

The US Finally Admits To Sending Heavy Weapons From Libya To Syrian Rebels -- Business Insider

The Obama administration has decided to launch a covert operation to send heavy weapons to Syrian rebels, Christina Lamb of The Sunday Times of London reports.

But that covert operation may have already taken place.

Diplomatic sources told the Sunday Times that the U.S. "bought weapons from the stockpiles of Libya's former dictator Muammar Gaddafi."

The heavy arms include mortars, rocket propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles and the controversial anti-aircraft heat-seeking SA-7 missiles, which are integral to countering Bashar Al-Assad's bombing campaign.

Read more ....

My Comment: Was buying heavy weapons in Libya the real job of the CIA men who were killed at the US consulate in Benghazi? Just speculating. But I do know that sfor the past few months the Russians have been accusing the U.S. of covertly shipping arms to the Syrian rebels.