Arming Terrorists Is OK But You Cannot Arm Yourself

Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian jihadists

And thereby admits that he knows they're jihad terrorists, contrary to all of Kerry's blather about "moderates," and wants to arm them anyway.

The U.S. is now officially on the side of al-Qaeda.

"Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition," by Joel Gehrke for the Washington Examiner, September 16 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups to clear the way for the U.S. to provide military assistance to "vetted" opposition groups fighting Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

Some elements of the Syrian opposition are associated with radical Islamic terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, which was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., in 2001. Assad's regime is backed by Iran and Hezbollah.

The president, citing his authority under the Arms Export Control Act, announced today that he would "waive the prohibitions in sections 40 and 40A of the AECA related to such a transaction."

Those two sections prohibit sending weaponry to countries described in section 40(d): "The prohibitions contained in this section apply with respect to a country if the Secretary of State determines that the government of that country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism," Congress stated in the Arms Control Export Act.

"For purposes of this subsection, such acts shall include all activities that the Secretary determines willfully aid or abet the international proliferation of nuclear explosive devices to individuals or groups or willfully aid or abet an individual or groups in acquiring unsafeguarded special nuclear material," the law continues.

The law allows the president to waive those prohibitions if he "determines that the transaction is essential to the national security interests of the United States."...

In no conceivable way is arming al-Qaeda in Syria "essential to the national security interests of the United States."

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Obama Waives Ban on Arming Terrorists

Tuesday, 17 Sep 2013 11:13 AM

By Elliot Jager

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President Barack Obama has waived part of a federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups so he could arm Syrian rebels.

But keeping military assistance within "vetted" opposition groups could be tricky since significant elements of the Syrian opposition are associated with radical Islamic terrorist groups including al-Qaida, The Washington Examiner reports.

The president, citing his authority under the Arms Export Control Act, announced Monday that he would waive two sections of the law that prohibit sending weaponry to countries, including Syria, that support international terrorism. The law is intended to prevent U.S. weapons from falling into the hands of countries or groups that aid or abet international terror or the proliferation of nuclear weapons and material.



The president can waive prohibitions in the law if he "determines that the transaction is essential to the national security interests of the United States."

Under the law, the White House must also provide Congress, at least 15 days before turning over the weapons, with details including the name of any country involved, the identity of the recipients, the purpose of the weapons, an inventory of the arms being delivered, and an statement that the transfer is key to American security interests.

The administration has bipartisan support in its efforts to provide military assistance to the Syrian opposition. Both GOP Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Democrat Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan have endorsed Obama's plans.

"Our intelligence agencies, have a very good handle on who to support and who not to support," Corker said. "And there's going to be mistakes. We understand some people are going to get arms that should not be getting arms. But we still should be doing everything we can to support the free Syrian opposition."

Obama's decision came on the same day that details of a report from defense analysts IHS Jane's were released saying nearly half those fighting against President Bashar Assad's Damascus regime are hardline Islamists.
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