"According to a source privy to the talks between the Obama administration and
the rebel Supreme Military Council, a decision on how to transfer the arms could
be made within one week. "The
question is not who they provide the weapons, but what [is] the mechanism?" said
the source. One of the key hurdles slowing down the process is the question of
how to ensure the weapons are used against the regime and not stockpiled for
after Assad falls."