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Culprits are those who supply arms; VOICE OF THE NORTH.


DAY by day we hear of our soldiers being killed by Al Qaeda when, in truth, it is the country and organisations supplying them with armaments armaments
plural noun weapons, arms, guns, ammunition, weaponry, ordnance, munitions, materiel

armaments npl (= weapons) → armamentos mpl
 that are truly responsible and who we should be directing our aggression aggression, a form of behavior characterized by physical or verbal attack. It may appear either appropriate and self-protective, even constructive, as in healthy self-assertiveness, or inappropriate and destructive.  towards.

Without a continuing supply of weapons Al Qaeda would soon be overcome as they could not continue to fight with bows and arrows and to the best of my knowledge they do not have the wherewithal where·with·al  
n.
The necessary means, especially financial means: didn't have the wherewithal to survive an economic downturn.

conj.
Wherewith.

pron.
Wherewith.
 to produce their own equipment.

The real problem is, of course, that it is probably one or more of the countries of the so-called United Nations that is supplying them because of the vast amounts of money involved, and the remainder are too soft to do anything about it.

The situation is a never ending one and will see countless more young men killed unless the UN act responsibly for a change and behave as is expected of them.

BOB HILL, Low Fell.
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Title Annotation:Letters
Publication:The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Date:Nov 20, 2009
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