US holds high-level talks with Syrian rebels seeking weapons in Washington

[tabatha]

A senior Free Syrian Army representative met in the past week at the US State Department with the US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford and Frederick Hoff, special coordinator for the Middle East, sources have confirmed.

The rebel emissaries, armed with an iPad showing detailed plans on Google Earth identifying rebel positions and regime targets, have also met with senior members of the National Security Council, which advises President Obama on national security policy.

FSA representatives in Washington have compiled a "targeted list" of heavy weaponry, including anti-tank missiles and heavy machine guns that they plan to present to US government officials in the coming two weeks.

The consultations come ahead of next week's G20 meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico where British and US officials are expected to make a last-ditch attempt to get the Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene in the Syria crisis.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9334707/US-holds-high-level-talks-with-Syrian-rebels-seeking-weapons-in-Washington.html

Why would the Syrian rebels be doing this if they were already receiving weapons from the US ???

[David__77]

1. Hopefully Obama gives them not a single bullet.

I commend Obama's opposition to overt military intervention, I would welcome him continuing to oppose sending arms to groups operating in Syrian territory.