Syrian Rebels: Trickle Of U.S. Arms Not Enough -- USA Today
AMMAN, Jordan -- Arms smuggled by the United States to the Syrian rebels are just "symbolic" and won't make a difference in the fight against the regime or against Islamists, Free Syrian rebel commanders and the Syrian opposition told USA TODAY.
Meanwhile, human rights groups say a deal being discussed to take out Syria's chemical weapons will do nothing to stop the regime's ongoing campaign of killing people with incendiary bombs, missiles, tanks shells and the denial of medical care — which they say amount to war crimes.
"The repeated use of these high explosive weapons with wide-area effects in areas populated by civilians strongly suggests that the military willfully used methods of warfare incapable of distinguishing between civilians and combatants, a serious violation of international humanitarian law," said Ole Solvang, senior emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch.
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My Comment: Another example of the U.S. Government saying one thing .... and doing something else? It is unfortunate that we do not know who is telling the truth nowadays.
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