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LINES OF COMMUNICATION
Free Syrian Army, Feb 13, 2012
Material Supply Routes for the Resistance
AMMAN--Al Qaeda has now vowed to join the fight against the Syrian dictator, Bashar Assad.
The Arab League has announced it will support the opposition and urged it to unite into an organized front.
Currently, that resistance boils down to the National Council of Syria, other ad-hoc opposition groups and the loosely defined
"Free Syrian Army", a hodgepodge of defectors, deserters, volunteers under a loose command with headquarters in a refugee
camp in Turkey.
Several tactical considerations need to be examined.
First, there a a number of Arab League member states that have opted out of the initial Syrian missions; Iraq and Lebanon
in particular.
Second, Turkey is in NATO and not in the Arab League.
Contiguous borders dictate the supply lines that are available to assist the resistance in its field operations.
If this is the case, then Iraq and Lebanon might refuse to allow material assistance across its borders. Turkey would not
allow it as its position in NATO might be compromised. The only other border is Jordan. Israel is out of the question completely.
This tactical problem needs to be addressed immediately.
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