Detail Bullets and Home-Made Bombs: Syria's Rebel Fighters   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8782 (Apr. 2012), page 46. Topik: Weapons; Rebellions Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.71 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel An uneasy calm has returned to the fertile plains to the north of Aleppo, the biggest city in northern Syria and, by some estimates, the biggest in the country. For the past few months the army and pro-government militias have occupied the north-western region's main towns in an effort to flush out the rebels of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which has been trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime. But with the arrival of the first small batch of UN observers the army has pulled out of some towns, in accordance with Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan, which came into effect on April 12th. A ceasefire is its intended starting point. Since the army's retreat, many civilians have returned to Tal Rifaat--along with the FSA. One of its units is camped in a house with a fine garden and swimming pool, where a rebel happily takes the plunge. They are equipped mainly with AK-47 rifles, most of them from the former Soviet Union, some from China. They have the odd American M-16, a few old Belgian FNs, and a handful of machine guns and RPG-7 anti-tank rocket-launchers, stolen by defectors or--they say--captured from the army. AK-47s are readily available on the black market for around $2,000, says the unit commander. Many have been bought from corrupt soldiers in Mr Assad's forces. Guns are also being smuggled in from northern Iraq, often by Kurds, and from Lebanon. But the FSA fighters are plainly short of ammunition: several of them have only a clip or two for their AK-47s. They are careful not to waste their bullets, as rebel fighters in Libya often did, firing feux-de-joie into the air. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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