US Sen. John McCain visits troops at a Patriot missile site in southern Turkey, Monday, May 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/John McCain via Twitter)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Syrian rebels battling the forces of President Bashar Assad must receive ammunition and heavy weapons to counter the regime’s tanks and aircraft or it will be impossible for them to prevail, Sen. John McCain said days after he quietly slipped into Syria to meet with the opposition.
“They just can’t fight tanks with AK-47s,” McCain said Friday in a telephone interview, referring to assault rifles.
FULL ARTICLE HERE: McCain: Syrian rebels need heavy weapons | The Times of Israel
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