{"id":36265,"date":"2018-07-30T07:31:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36265"},"modified":"2018-07-30T07:31:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:31:50","slug":"robert-fisk-i-traced-al-qaeda-missile-casings-in-syria-back-to-their-original-sellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36265","title":{"rendered":"Robert Fisk: &#8220;I Traced Al-Qaeda Missile Casings In Syria Back To Their Original Sellers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-07-28\/robert-fisk-i-traced-missile-casings-syria-back-their-original-sellers\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Robert Fisk: &#8220;I Traced Al-Qaeda Missile Casings In Syria Back To Their Original Sellers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1667\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1667\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Finally, a journalist for a mainstream UK media outlet is methodically tracking weapons shipment serial numbers and English-language paperwork recovered from al-Qaeda groups in Syria, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/syria-war-bosnia-saudi-arabia-aleppo-weapons-arms-deals-a8451841.html\">he&#8217;s literally showing up at arms factories<\/a> and questioning arms dealers, including officials at\u00a0the Saudi Embassy in London, asking: <i><u>why are your weapons in the hands of terrorists?<\/u>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Veteran Middle East war correspondent Robert Fisk recently published a bombshell report entitled,\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/syria-missile-arms-deals-west-us-uk-saudi-arabia-a8459731.html\">I traced missile casings in Syria back to their original sellers, so it\u2019s time for the west to reveal who they sell arms to<\/a><\/strong>. <\/em>In it\u00a0Fisk recalls a bit of detective sleuthing he&#8217;s lately been engaged in\u00a0after stumbling upon\u00a0a batch of missile casings and shipment paperwork last year <strong>hidden in what he describes as\u00a0&#8220;the\u00a0basement of a bombed-out Islamist base in eastern Aleppo&#8221;<\/strong> with the words <em><strong>&#8220;Hughes Aircraft Co\/Guided Missile Surface Attack&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> emblazoned on the side of the spent tubes.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Syrian government recaptured the area from Islamist insurgents <strong>including al-Nusra terrorists and their allies<\/strong> in December 2016, and has made rapid gains throughout the country&#8217;s east and south since;\u00a0and Fisk has been trekking around the country to see what he can find.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/raytheon%20building.jpg?itok=AIsD2_Rs\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/raytheon%20building.jpg?itok=AIsD2_Rs\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/raytheon%20building.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/raytheon%20building.jpg?itok=AIsD2_Rs 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"21877207-560f-4179-8095-dcbc68abe184\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Image source: Washington Business Journal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His <strong>&#8220;detective story&#8221;<\/strong> as he calls it actually seems to solicit the help of the public, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/syria-missile-arms-deals-west-us-uk-saudi-arabia-a8459731.html\">begins as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Readers, a small detective story. <strong>Note down this number: MFG BGM-71E-1B. And this number: STOCK NO 1410-01-300-0254. And this code: DAA A01 C-0292<\/strong>. I found all these numerals printed on the side of a spent missile casing lying in the basement of a bombed-out Islamist base in eastern\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/aleppo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aleppo<\/a>\u00a0last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Fisk: &#8220;I Traced Al-Qaeda Missile Casings In Syria Back To Their Original Sellers&#8221; Finally, a journalist for a mainstream UK media outlet is methodically tracking weapons shipment serial numbers and English-language paperwork recovered from al-Qaeda groups in Syria, and he&#8217;s literally showing up at arms factories and questioning arms dealers, including officials at\u00a0the Saudi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,3932,21019,522,3040,9222,776,2080,4318],"class_list":["post-36265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-al-qaeda","tag-al-nusra","tag-hughes-aircraft","tag-middle-east","tag-missiles","tag-robert-fisk","tag-syria","tag-united-kingdom","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36266,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36265\/revisions\/36266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}