By: Sara A. Carter - National security correspondent
"Undersecretary Burns visited Damascus on February 17 and stressed U.S. concerns about weapons transfers to Hezbollah directly with Syrian President Bashar Asad, who bluntly stated that he knew of no new weapons systems going to Hezbollah," the cable written this past February states. "In light of disturbing and weighty evidence to the contrary -- that Syria currently provides Hezbollah with advanced ballistic missiles and other weaponry -- we want France, Britain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar to make a renewed push to echo our concerns with Syria. ..." the cable said.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/2010/12/hezbollah-received-ballistic-missiles-syria-clinton-warned#ixzz17vPPnt00
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