Towards a new Middle East. Will Democracy prevail?
-- The Battle of Homs was particularly deadly for the belligerents on both sides, as well as for civilians.
During the first three days, the Syrian Arab Army was warded off by the rebels that blocked all entry points to their neighborhood. They destroyed all approaching armored vehicles using Milan missiles. Ultimately, the Syrian Arab Army had to resort to multiple rocket launchers to bombard the Milan firing posts, at the risk of causing heavy civilian casualties.
Each Milan shooting station, located on every street going into Bab Amr costs 100,000 euros, and each missile about 12,000 euros. The missiles were fired at a rate two to three rounds per minute. This equipment is manufactured by North Aviation (France) and MBB (Germany). It is supposed to have been given to the Free "Syrian" Army by the United Kingdom and Germany.
In April 2011, Doha officials acknowledged that Qatar had delivered Milan missiles to Libyan insurgents from Benghazi to help overthrow the Arab Jamahiriya, by way of the UN resolution that allowed the delivery of "defensive weapons " (sic) to the Libyan opposition.
-- British and Qatari Special Forces have set up four centers of operation hedquarters for the Syrian rebels in the Homs district of Khaldiya, Bab Amro in the east; and Bab Derib and Rastan in the north. A foreign field hospital has been set up close by in Lebanon.Secret French weapons drops were discovered after they fell into the wrong hands. Syrian opposition sources say they receive weapons coming from the territory of Turkey and Jordan, The Washington Times newspaper reports. There were also unconfirmed reports that Western special forces directed air strikes from forward frontline positions and directed combat tactics.The Pentagon and its allies have proposed the creation of a humanitarian corridor in Syria- similar to the no-fly zone in Lybia- with a view to delivering supplies and humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians.
-- A recent UN draft resolution was vetoed in the Security Council by Russia and China, the two states that oppose foreign intervention into the country.
-- The Battle of Homs was particularly deadly for the belligerents on both sides, as well as for civilians.
During the first three days, the Syrian Arab Army was warded off by the rebels that blocked all entry points to their neighborhood. They destroyed all approaching armored vehicles using Milan missiles. Ultimately, the Syrian Arab Army had to resort to multiple rocket launchers to bombard the Milan firing posts, at the risk of causing heavy civilian casualties.
Each Milan shooting station, located on every street going into Bab Amr costs 100,000 euros, and each missile about 12,000 euros. The missiles were fired at a rate two to three rounds per minute. This equipment is manufactured by North Aviation (France) and MBB (Germany). It is supposed to have been given to the Free "Syrian" Army by the United Kingdom and Germany.
In April 2011, Doha officials acknowledged that Qatar had delivered Milan missiles to Libyan insurgents from Benghazi to help overthrow the Arab Jamahiriya, by way of the UN resolution that allowed the delivery of "defensive weapons " (sic) to the Libyan opposition.
-- British and Qatari Special Forces have set up four centers of operation hedquarters for the Syrian rebels in the Homs district of Khaldiya, Bab Amro in the east; and Bab Derib and Rastan in the north. A foreign field hospital has been set up close by in Lebanon.Secret French weapons drops were discovered after they fell into the wrong hands. Syrian opposition sources say they receive weapons coming from the territory of Turkey and Jordan, The Washington Times newspaper reports. There were also unconfirmed reports that Western special forces directed air strikes from forward frontline positions and directed combat tactics.The Pentagon and its allies have proposed the creation of a humanitarian corridor in Syria- similar to the no-fly zone in Lybia- with a view to delivering supplies and humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians.
-- A recent UN draft resolution was vetoed in the Security Council by Russia and China, the two states that oppose foreign intervention into the country.
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