3,500 Tons Of Weapons Have Already Been Sent To Syria's Rebels

Syrian arms (illustrative) Photo: REUTERS/Sana Sana

Syria: 3,500 Tons Of Weapons Already Sent To Rebels, Says Lord Ashdown -- The Telegraph

Lord Ashdown, the former Liberal Democrat leader, spoke out against arming Syria's rebels and called for pressure to be put on Qatar and Saudi Arabia to cut off funding for arms.

“They do not need arms. It is an unchallenged figure that 3,500 tons of arms have been shipped in by way of Croatia with the assistance of the CIA, funded by the Saudis, funded by the Qataris, going almost exclusively to the more jihadist groups,” the former international high representative for Bosnia said in a debate.

“I know where those weapons are coming from. They are the weapons left over from the Bosnian war. They are being shipped out in large measure through Croatian ports and airports and I can tell you they are making vast sums for corrupt forces in the Balkans.”

Lord Ashdown described the rebels as “not a fit and proper collection of people for us to be providing arms to”.

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My Comment: When Syria's rebels are committing war crimes like this one .... Lord Ashton does have a point.