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State Department denies arming Syrian rebels

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    Russia accuses U.S. of sending weapons to opposition

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Proxy war alert never forget this is a proxy war and shades of the Cold War over Syria.

The US secretary of state Hillary Clinton again accuses Russia of supporting the Syrian regime.

Yesterday she ripped into Moscow for sending attack helicopters to Syria.

-- which they would murder their own people.

Moscow of course denies that Secretary Clinton reiterated her comments just hours ago and -- -- The Associated Press is reporting the Russian foreign minister accused the united states of arming the Syrian rebels.

But we went back and reexamine his words and found he didn't actually say that as you know.

The Syrian government has been fighting a battle against its own people for much more than a year now and murdering thousands and thousands in the process.

Most of what we know about the situation inside Syria frankly comes from unconfirmed amateur video.

But from what we can tell the violence is getting worse in the -- confirms that the fox -- chief correspondent Jonathan -- with -- the US is standing by accusations that Russia.

Is giving the Syrian helicopters.

From which the Syrian government will murder its citizens.

Absolutely and very blunt language in fact coming today from the State Department the spokeswoman that.

Victoria Newman saying and I'm quoting here out on a daily basis on an hourly basis we are seeing -- -- made weapons.

Used against civilians in towns across Syria the sec of state Hillary Clinton.

Also weighing in once again saying that this Russian military support for the -- -- regime.

Simply -- to stop listen.

We have repeatedly urged the Russian government to cut.

These military.

Ties completely.

And to suspend -- further support and deliveries.

Obviously.

We know because they confirm that they continue to deliver.

Now despite the fact that he -- on the walls and a formal accusation from the Russians that the US.

Is supplying at the Syrian opposition -- weaponry mrs.

Clinton also took the opportunity to denied that the US has ever given.

Any sort of weapons to the Syrian opposition -- then there's labels governments are fond of labels which support and push -- what they wanna do.

Not so fond of other labels which is why our government doesn't like civil war.

For the reality of the civil war -- Syria yet despite the fact that UN officials have called it a civil war.

Although western governments have called it a civil war the White House seems.

Very reluctant to weigh in and say that it has reached that -- of desperate level listen now to the white has spokesman -- -- We do not and have not supplied weapons.

To the Syrian opposition.

You know our position on that and we've made it very clear.

That position has not changed.

That obviously was.

US has not done it.

To the Syrian opposition but he also said that he and the rest of the US administration.

Do not believe getting involved in terminology such as civil wall or not civil war is actually helpful now they just want to get rid of a -- They have been very successfully -- they have not had been trying for a year and that we're not giving up the -- rebels' weapons is not to say that our allies have not -- in fact Victoria -- got the State Department said today -- that the US is indeed coordinating.

With other countries there and she would not outright denied that that those other countries might be supplying weapons to the Syrian opposition back to proxy -- exactly Jonathan.

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