Tabloid junk?: 'SAS troops & MI6 agents in Syria to help rebels'

Via FLC

"BRITISH defence chiefs have drawn up secret plans to set up safe havens for Syrians fleeing President Assad’s killers. Special Forces will help ­protect the refugees in Syria along the borders.....

 

SAS troops and MI6 agents are in the country ready to help rebels if civil war breaks out as ­expected this weekend. Whitehall sources say it is vital they can see what is ­happening on the ground for ­themselves so Assad cannot deny atrocities or battles. And if civil war breaks out the crack troops are on hand to help with fighting, said the ­insider.

 

Foreign secretary William Hague has refused to rule out using ­military action to stop Assad’s ­regime attacking his own people.

 

“Safe havens would be an invasion of Syria but a chance to save lives,” said a senior Whitehall source. “The SAS will throw an armed screen round these areas that can be set up within hours. “There are guys in the communications unit who are signallers that can go right up front and get ­involved in close-quarter fighting.”....

 

The British troops would be part of an international force ­including French and Turkish soldiers and possibly Americans.

 

Safe havens are expected to be set up around areas that are easily ­accessible and even within walking distance of troublespots.

 

Among them is Krak des ­Chevaliers, a medieval castle about 25 miles west of Homs, close to the Lebanon border.

 

It is also a World Heritage site.

 

Another is As Suwayda, near the border with Jordan and Jisr al-Shughour near the Turkish border..."

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