This journalist entered Syria illegally. Must be jailed.
Inside Syria: the rebel call for arms and ammunition
Exclusive: With Syrian rebels desperate for arms, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad finds smugglers doing a roaring trade selling guns and bullets
In his second exclusive report, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad crosses the border with the smugglers supplying weapons to Syria's fighters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/11/inside-syria-rebels-call-arms
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Sunday 11 December 2011 15.11 GMT
Syrian rebels arms
Syrian rebels are desperate for arms, striking deals with Bedouin smugglers for any weapons they can lay their hands on. Photograph: Ghaith Abdul Ahad
The route across the Syrian border was marked by a single shining piece of string. It stretched from the road on the Turkish side for a few hundred metres to the steel and razor-wire fence that ran along the boundary.
The smugglers followed it silently and quickly, jumping from one stone to another in the moonlight. Each man carried a thick, plastic-wrapped load on his back. The plastic bundles rattled and clinked as they ran along.
Beyond the fence the shadows of men and animals moved. "Do you have money?" asked a Turkish voice.
"Next shipment," the Syrian replied.
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