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United States: Russia must stop supplying helicopters and arms to Assad

Damascus, Syria - "We would like to see Russia firmly say that it will break with Syria"

In June a ship carrying Russian helicopter gunships and directed to Syria was stopped by the UN and the United States through an English insurance company. Hillary Clinton, the US State Secretary, accused Russia of supplying helicopter gunships to Assad which could be used to massacre civilian demonstrators. Russia replied that it was only fulfilling a contract previously signed to repair the aircraft. After...

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Rome, Italy, 08/30/2012 14:42
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