“Britain, apparently backed by a handful of European Union allies, is fighting to lift an EU arms embargo barring the supply of weapons to the Syrian rebel coalition battling President Bashar al-Assad.  Britain and France had seen the March 1 deadline as an opportunity to respond to requests for weaponry by the opposition.  But France appears to have cooled, leaving Britain facing opposition from Germany, Sweden and even the EU’s foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, a British baroness who represents London on the European Commission.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/18/britain-pushing-to-lift-european-embargo-against-syrian-rebels/

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