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Guardian Narrates Some Witnesses of Smuggling Weapons into Syria from Turkey, Iraq
According to Abdul-Ahad, the commander of the village is a veteran "jihadi" from the Iraq war.
"Tomorrow, Inshallah," said Abu Ali.
Reporting from the Syrian- Turkish border, UK "Guardian's" correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad crossed the border with the smugglers supplying weapons to what he named as "Syria's fighters."
In his exclusive report, the reporter reveals some of the aspects of smuggling weapons into terrorist groups attacking the Syrian army and civilians. And here are some of the scenes the reporter mentioned.
"Beyond the fence the shadows of men and animals moved. "Do you have money?" asked a Turkish voice.
"Next shipment," the Syrian replied.
A man with a scarf wrapped around his face held the coils of barbed wire flat while the cargo was passed across and loaded on to the backs of the waiting mules. Then the men hurried the animals away from the border and up into the mountains of northern Syria.
The smugglers paused on a cliff to examine the cargo. Inside the plastic packages
were small boxes filled with pistols and bullets of different calibers."
After crossing the border into the north Syrian province of Idlib, Abdul-Ahad
travelled to meet the so-called "revolutionary command council" with Muhyo, a fighter, and Abu Salim who made it his job to find weapons and ammunition for the "rebels" after running out of bullets.
"When the army came to the town of Benish last time, we ambushed a bus filled with security people," Abu Salim confessed adding that "now he spends his days driving through villages and deserts, meeting smugglers and weapon dealers, scavenging bullets and old rifles."
"The last time the army attacked Benish there were 30 Kalashnikovs in the town, he told "the Guardian": "Now we have more than 600."
"He and a few of his gunmen escorted us to the safe house where members of the revolutionary command council would convene later in the day," he further added.
Explaining some of what he saw, Abdul-Ahad stressed that "Bedouin tribesmen entered the room."
"Abu Ali and his companion were two smugglers from the Iraqi border," he explained noting that "they move freely between these countries in pick-up trucks, ferrying goods and sheep and smuggling weapons and fuel."
"They laid out their wares on the floor: 10 old Kalashnikovs, two rusty RPGs, six rockets for the RPG and one medium machine gun," "Guardian" pointed out.
"Abu Ali, who spoke in a thick Bedouin accent, began. "I swear by Allah, I told our Iraqi brothers that these weapons are going to help our brothers in their fight," the reporter added continuing some of his views:
"How much?" asked Ammar.
Abu Ali told Ammar he knew him and had worked with him before and trusted
him: "Wallah for your eyes each one of the Kalashnikovs is $1,600. The RPGs are $5,000 with two rockets. The machine-gun is $5,000."
"We have emptied Mosul; no more guns there," said his companion.
The bargaining proved irrelevant; the men had snatched their guns and were now counting out thick slabs of money.
"What about ammunition?" said an old man. "We need bullets. I can't send them
to fight with one magazine each."
The fighters packed the guns and left, each taking a different route, leaving nothing to chance.
Source: "Guardian" , Edited by moqawama.org
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