chemTrailActivist · @chemTrailActivi
21st May 2014 from TwitLonger
#Syria #Benghazi #Iran #SaudiArabia
Seeking a “zero footprint,” no-paperwork-trail profile itself, the U.S. instead encouraged both Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to arm the Libyan jihadis, according to a key New York Times article published in December 2012.
Knowing full well exactly who those rebel militias and their leadership were, and how closely they were connected with al-Qa’eda
(and perhaps even mindful of the legal restrictions on providing material support to terrorism),
the U.S. sought to distance itself as the source of these weapons, which included small arms such as automatic rifles, machine guns, and ammunition.
The NY Times piece noted that U.S. officials made sure to stipulate the weapons provided would come from elsewhere, but not from the U.S.
But the fact that from the end of March 2011 onward, U.S. and other NATO forces completely controlled Libyan air space and the sea approaches to Libya means that
the cargo planes and freighters transporting the arms into Libya from Qatar and elsewhere were being waved through with full U.S. knowledge and support.
The U.S. mission in Libya, and especially in Benghazi, ramped up in this period to facilitate the delivery of the weapons to the Libyan al-Qa’eda terrorists.
What followed should hardly have come as a surprise to anyone.
After NATO air support cleared the way to Tripoli, the Qaddafi regime fell in October 2011 and the Muslim Brotherhood political leadership and al-Qa’eda fighters took over.
Abdelhakim Belhadj was named Tripoli military commander.
Chaos reigned, especially in the eastern regions, and
now the weapons flow reversed—
out of Libya, and into the hands of jihadis in
West Africa,
the Sinai, and
Syria.
Some of that flow was wildly disorganized and some of it was directed, with the U.S. mission in Benghazi once again playing a key role as
its teams on the ground facilitated the weapons delivery,
now destined for the Syrian rebels, dominated by al-Qa’eda and the Muslim Brotherhood,
who were fighting to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime.
In this endeavor, the U.S. was allied with its new Libyan partner, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and once again, with Qatar.
The next chapter in the U.S. jihad wars was underway, with a new Presidential Finding, and
material support to terrorism firmly established as official policy.
Congress and the media and the military remained silent.
The American people barely noticed.
http://www.rightsidenews.com/2014042234176/world/terrorism/material-support-to-terrorism-the-case-of-libya.html
[I never believed Republicans were truly interested in getting to the bottom of things in Benghazi, as they did and still do support arming the rebels in Syria. The more arms we send, the more Syrian blood we have on our hands. Just today I heard George Will say it might be better if Assad prevails, considering his opposition. The sooner we realize that, the sooner Syrians can stop killing each other. And, God Willing, the sooner the non-Syrians will go home.]