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Line 424: − + − − *'''10 March.''' Bernard-Henri Levy and Jalil arrive in Paris for meetings with Sarkozy; G8 foreign ministers will be arriving in a few days for conferences. − − − − *<font color="brown">''Reuters'' reports ‘a large shipment of weapons and explosives and night-vision goggles … in a truck coming from Iraq’ carrying 'dozens of grenades and pistols as well as rifles and ammunition belts’ is seized at al-Waleed (known in Syria as al-Tanf) southern bordering crossing, some 400 west of Baghdad. The Syrian Government News Agency (SANA) said the weapons were intended ‘for use in actions that affect Syria’s internal security and spread unrest and chaos.’ The driver said the weapons had been loaded in Baghdad and he was to be paid $5,000 to deliver them to Syria.</font><ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-iraq-idUSTRE72A3MI20110311 Syria says seizes weapons smuggled from Iraq], Mar 11, 2011</ref>
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===March 2011===
===March 2011===
*'''11 March.''' <font color="brown">''Reuters'' reports ‘a large shipment of weapons and explosives and night-vision goggles … in a truck coming from Iraq’ carrying 'dozens of grenades and pistols as well as rifles and ammunition belts’ is seized at al-Waleed (known in Syria as al-Tanf) southern bordering crossing, some 400 west of Baghdad. The Syrian Government News Agency (SANA) said the weapons were intended ‘for use in actions that affect Syria’s internal security and spread unrest and chaos.’ The driver said the weapons had been loaded in Baghdad and he was to be paid $5,000 to deliver them to Syria.</font><ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-iraq-idUSTRE72A3MI20110311 Syria says seizes weapons smuggled from Iraq], Mar 11, 2011</ref>
*'''11 March.''' Canadian ''Globe and Mail'' interviews the rebel appointed security chief in Derna: “We need Stingers. We don’t need your stupid words.”<ref>The article says "foreign intelligence agencies have bitter experience with supplying Stinger missiles to anti-Soviet freedom fighters in Afghanistan, only to spend years struggling to keep them out of the hands of terrorists."https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/libyan-rebels-at-pains-to-distance-themselves-from-extremists/article570971/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&</ref><ref>[[TWA Flight 800]] may have been brought down by a Stinger missile supplied to the Afghan ''mujihadeen'' by the CIA in the 1980s and smuggled back into the United States. https://www.amazon.com/TWA-800-Crash-Cover-Up-Conspiracy/dp/1621574717</ref>
*'''13 March.''' Secretary Clinton travels to [[Paris]] for a series of meetings with foreign ministers from the Group of Eight countries. [[Bernard-Henri Levy]] is also in attendence to do introductions to the rebel group leaders.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/did-bernard-henri-lvy-take-nato-to-war</ref> She meets with Libyan Transitional National Council leader Mahmoud Jibril and consults with other foreign counterparts on further UN Security Council action.<ref>https://anarchitext.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/bhl-war-in-libya/</ref> She secretly adds that aggressive action and not just a no-fly zone will be adequate.
*'''13 March.''' Secretary Clinton travels to [[Paris]] for a series of meetings with foreign ministers from the Group of Eight countries. [[Bernard-Henri Levy]] is also in attendence to do introductions to the rebel group leaders.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/did-bernard-henri-lvy-take-nato-to-war</ref> She meets with Libyan Transitional National Council leader Mahmoud Jibril and consults with other foreign counterparts on further UN Security Council action.<ref>https://anarchitext.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/bhl-war-in-libya/</ref> She secretly adds that aggressive action and not just a no-fly zone will be adequate.