"A plan to provide military training to
the Syrian rebels fighting the Assad regime and support them with air and naval
power is being drawn up by an international coalition including Britain, The
Independent has learnt." "The plan will also draw accusations that the decision
to station Nato Patriot missile defence systems at the Syrian border, at the
request of Turkey, was, in reality, to camouflage intervention." "Intervention,
they say, is now inevitable. Le Figaro newspaper has reported that French
military advisers have met rebel groups just across the Lebanese border. The US
is said to have stockpiled weapons retrieved in Libya for future supply to
Syria."
"The United States and some European allies are using defense contractors to train Syrian rebels on how to secure chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria, a senior U.S. official and several senior diplomats told CNN Sunday. The training, which is taking place in Jordan and Turkey, involves how to monitor and secure stockpiles and handle weapons sites and materials, according to the sources. Some of the contractors are on the ground in Syria working with the rebels to monitor some of the sites, according to one of the officials."
"The United States and some European allies are using defense contractors to train Syrian rebels on how to secure chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria, a senior U.S. official and several senior diplomats told CNN Sunday. The training, which is taking place in Jordan and Turkey, involves how to monitor and secure stockpiles and handle weapons sites and materials, according to the sources. Some of the contractors are on the ground in Syria working with the rebels to monitor some of the sites, according to one of the officials."
