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BBC Security Correspondent. Author of 'Crisis'., 'Blood & Sand', 'Far Horizons'. Arabic graduate, GB Ski Club Pres. These my personal views, not BBCs

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    Frank Gardner‏Verified account @FrankRGardner 9 Oct 2015

    #Saudi official: new batch of 500 TOW anti-tank missiles delivered this week to #Syrian FSA rebels

    4:01 AM - 9 Oct 2015
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    • StrangerThenRedz Odenathus ‏كودي روش Suzan Skithias1936 Mark Giorgi Hayri Soygüzel red Defence Europe🇪🇺
    65 replies 570 retweets 139 likes
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      2. Chris Doyle‏Verified account @Doylech 10 Oct 2015
        Replying to @FrankRGardner

        @FrankRGardner @FaisalJAbbas Did he reveal how? To who in the FSA?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Frank Gardner‏Verified account @FrankRGardner 10 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Doylech

        @Doylech @FaisalJAbbas no he didn't

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. End of conversation
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      2. David Wakenshaw‏ @DavidWakenshaw 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @FrankRGardner

        @FrankRGardner Do you think they will supply them with anti-aircraft missiles or would that be too a risky if they got into the wrong hands?

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Frank Gardner‏Verified account @FrankRGardner 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @DavidWakenshaw

        @DavidWakenshaw US nervous about that

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. P McCabe‏ @PeterMcC66 10 Oct 2015
        Replying to @FrankRGardner

        @FrankRGardner @DavidWakenshaw If you say so Frank. Why do I have the feeling when the "wrong hands" get them they won't be used against US?

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Brasco_Aad‏ @Brasco_Aad 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @FrankRGardner

        @FrankRGardner 500 9M133 Kornet on their way to Yemeni Houthis as we speak.

        5 replies 6 retweets 10 likes
      3. Meruem‏ @NightsideAEB 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Brasco_Aad

        @Brasco_Aad You're joking, right? You do realize Yemen is blockaded by sea, and Houthis' only borders are Saudi? @FrankRGardner

        4 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
      4. Brasco_Aad‏ @Brasco_Aad 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @NightsideAEB

        @NightsideAEB @FrankRGardner russian cargo planes will fly them there. let's see if the wahabi regime dares to shoot down a russian plane

        3 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
      5. The'Nimr'Tiger  🇸🇾‏ @Souria4Syrians 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Brasco_Aad

        @Brasco_Aad PKK are still waiting for their toys @NightsideAEB @FrankRGardner

        4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Meruem‏ @NightsideAEB 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Souria4Syrians

        @Souria4Syrians @Brasco_Aad @FrankRGardner Saudis would just crater the runway like they did with the Iranian liner hahaha

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. The'Nimr'Tiger  🇸🇾‏ @Souria4Syrians 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @NightsideAEB

        @NightsideAEB smugglers, pirates, militants in the gulf of aden can get you anything in Yemen if you can pay haha @Brasco_Aad @FrankRGardner

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. JainSaab‏ @Ghatotkach59 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @FrankRGardner

        @FrankRGardner So it is a proxy war now #Syria

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. B. H. Aktas‏ @haktas12 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Ghatotkach59

        @ihate_dishonest @frankrgardner Always was. Saudis are source of all evil. Russia shoul give Hautis S-300 s

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. JainSaab‏ @Ghatotkach59 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @haktas12

        @haktas12 @FrankRGardner Syria was destabilized due to US hatred towards Assad. Saudis took advantage.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. JainSaab‏ @Ghatotkach59 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Ghatotkach59

        @haktas12 @FrankRGardner And the irony is that Europe has to now host refugees due to that hatred. #poeticjustice

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. End of conversation
    1. Atefeh عاطفه‏ @AtefehKhanoom 12 Oct 2015
      Replying to @FrankRGardner

      May God's curse be on the Saudi Family for what they have done in Syria & in Yemen. We welcome their demise! @FrankRGardner @joshua_landis

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      2. StrangerThenRedz‏ @StrangerThnRedz 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @FrankRGardner

        @FrankRGardner can u please write a article dispelling the myth West supports rebels when its only Saudi, qatar & turkey

        4 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Waris Malaya‏ @warismalaya 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @FrankRGardner

        @FrankRGardner @fredwalton216 Naive question: Do FSA really need anti-tank ordnance? I ask bcoz ISIS are really good at appropriating stuff

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. fred walton‏ @fredwalton216 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @warismalaya

        @warismalaya @FrankRGardner Wondering whether correlation between spike in airstrikes and delivery of these TOWs ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Waris Malaya‏ @warismalaya 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @fredwalton216

        Waris Malaya Retweeted Financial Times

        @fredwalton216 @FrankRGardnerhttps://twitter.com/ft/status/652478011984506880 …

        Waris Malaya added,

        Financial TimesVerified account @FT
        Isis advances despite Russia air strikes http://on.ft.com/1jh5bcu 
        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. fred walton‏ @fredwalton216 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @warismalaya

        @warismalaya @FrankRGardner @FT I guess we weigh over time Russia's claims re: effectiveness of their airstrikes vs claims of ISIS advances.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Waris Malaya‏ @warismalaya 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @fredwalton216

        @fredwalton216 Am more concerned about ISIS getting more materiel. Since 2014: armored humvees, a depot with supplies... even an airbase!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. fred walton‏ @fredwalton216 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @warismalaya

        @warismalaya That is a valid concern. There has been a longstanding trend for ISIS /al- Nusra being given/simply taking materials provided.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. whats the happs‏ @happsss 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @fredwalton216

        @fredwalton216 @warismalaya ISIS captures more Russian supplied Kornet ATGMs from ISF than TOWs from rebels

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Waris Malaya‏ @warismalaya 9 Oct 2015
        Replying to @happsss

        @happsss @fredwalton216 Where the stuff comes from matters less than the fact it's being shipped in... served on a platter for ISIS!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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