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McCain steals into Syria

Arizona Senator John McCain (R) stole into Syria from southern Turkey on Monday to meet with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army.

McCain, one of the fiercest critics of the Obama administration’s Syria policy made the unannounced visit across the Turkey-Syria border with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army. He stayed in the country for several hours before returning to Turkey. Both in Syria and Turkey, McCain and Idris met with assembled leaders of Free Syrian Army units that traveled from around the country to see the U.S. senator. Inside those meetings, rebel leaders called on the United States to step up its support to the Syrian armed opposition and provide them with heavy weapons, a no-fly zone, and airstrikes on the Syrian regime and the forces of Hezbollah, which is increasing active in Syria.

Idris praised the McCain visit and criticized the Obama administration’s Syria policy in an exclusive interview Monday with The Daily Beast.

“The visit of Senator McCain to Syria is very important and very useful especially at this time,” he said. “We need American help to have change on the ground; we are now in a very critical situation.”

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Anyone want to bet that the Obama administration rolls out the Logan Act?

Labels: Bashar al-Assad, Free Syrian Army, John McCain, Logan Act, Nusra Front, Syria, Syrian uprising

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:14 PM