The House intelligence committee report said that "some Annex team members wanted urgently to depart the Annex for the TMF to save their State Department colleagues," but the Annex chief "ordered the team to wait so that the seniors on the ground could ascertain the situation at the TMF and whether they could secure heavy weaponry support from local militias".
But the CIA annex chief "ordered the team to wait so that the seniors on the ground could ascertain the situation at the TMF and whether they could secure heavy weaponry support from local militias," the report said on page 20.
Thus, small groups of foot soldiers might be sent into Afghanistan on commando missions equipped with prototypes of the many forms of weaponry and electronic support systems that are not scheduled for full introduction until 2004 under the Land Warrior program.
Its aim is to retake Deir al-Zour, and it seems to have copious American weaponry and air support from the coalition on its side.
While American assets like airpower, high-tech weaponry, and logistical support certainly provided an edge, the time left for that edge was waning.
In fact, most of the defense budget is used to buy offensive weaponry and provide support for power projection forces overseas that merely generate more blowback terrorism.
Obama, who campaigned on promises to end the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has not yet decided how much more U.S. military action or weaponry he might support in Iraq, said a third U.S. official.
The United States and United Kingdom are providing the Saudi-led coalition with targeting tools, logistical support, and weaponry.
What he meant was that if Assad falls, Hezbollah's own political support and weaponry – originating in Iran – will come to an end.
Some of that swing reflected quirks in government accounting, but the Commerce Department reported a significant increase in military spending, not for new weaponry but for various support functions, including research, weapons repair and personnel services.
This is the reality of life for Ukrainians living close to the Russian border, just two months after the ceasefire that led to guns falling mostly silent across the east of the country – but also left pro-Russian rebels in control of great swathes of territory, with Russian support and weaponry supplied by Moscow.
