US sends advanced weapons to Syrian 'rebels'
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have supplied Syrian rebel terrorist groups with a small number of advanced American antitank missiles for the first time in a pilot program that could lead to larger flows of sophisticated weaponry, people briefed on the effort said. This shift is seen as a test of whether the U.S. can find a trustworthy rebel partner able to keep sophisticated weapons out of the hands of extremists, Saudi and Syrian opposition figures said. The U.S. has long feared that if it does supply advanced arms, the weapons will wind up with radical terrorist Groups - some tied to al Qaeda [al-CIAduh]--which have set up bases in opposition-held territory.